WB 25 week 8/9-8/13

We did school all this week but I did not blog until today. I had an ultrasound last week and got the sad news my baby died a month or so ago. I originally began school early to have some special time with the baby when it arrived. I am glad we started school it has kept me busy and my mind off of things.
My printer was acting up so I felt behind.I wanted to print everything during the summer but my printer did not cooperate.We finally have the money so I purchased a new one :O) I can't wait for to arrive.God is good all the time!
We did not do any of the WB this week so it is on top priority.I spent more time getting them on a routine with their further studies. WB always comes first but since we started so early I chalked the first weeks up as getting in a routine.Monday I plan to be back to normal with the WB as the start of our day
This was our fun project for the week. They were archaeologists digging treasures. Inside each pyramid was Egyptian artifacts.

ChuCho decided to dig too!

My older son Dominic is helping the little ones for me.Especially during hard times it is such a blessing to have older children that help.

This is our Cane Corso Sicily who is always guarding her children and loves everyone of them!!

Since I am cramping & showing signs of miscarriage I thought I would sit relax on the couch with the laptop and get caught up with the blog and check the school work for the past two weeks.

WB 25 Ancient Egypt

We will be studying Ancient Egypt this month for our history. I put up our Egypt poster from out DK book.

I purchased beautiful Egypt notebooking pages from Currclick. I am reading The Story of the World Ancient times as the read aloud then when study what the read aloud was about.For example if we read about Hieroglyphics then we will research using our living books about Hieroglyphics then I have the kids write what they learned on the notebook pages.They all use age appropriate notebooking pages.
Since I am getting back into a routine I am not blogging day to day but I plan to get back to it.

Readers the kids will be reading this month as we study Ancient Egypt
Highschool
The Cat of Bubastes by G.A.Henty
Jr.high & Upper Elementary
Mara Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
Tales of Ancient Egypt
Lower Elementary
Mummies in the Morning by Mary Pope Osborne

WB 25 Major Concept, Med.WS, & Wisdom Quiz

We began school Monday 8/3. s

It always takes a few weeks for both Me and the kids to get back in the routine. So this week I took the time making sure they understand what they are to do. We did not get all the subject
done because I add them slowly and make sure they understand their lessons etc.

I spent a large amount of time on the WBLA this week. I went to IEW seminar at a local homeschool curriculum fair.They stressed to make sure the students repeat the sentences orally before they write them down. This has made a huge difference with the younger students with the WBLA. The older students have used the WBLA for sometime so they just jump right in. By the way WBLA stands for Wisdom Booklet Language Arts.

My husband finally got his lap dog we got a Chihuahua puppy and named him ChuCho which means God is Salvation.This is Nehemiah & Job holding the puppy who loves any ones lap .Behind them is our Wisdom Booklets on a bookshelf :O)

I organized my school supplies a few years ago and what a world of difference it made!! It was worth the time & $. We purchased a large closet cabinet from Home Depot. I have my VOM poster and some missionary pictures on the front to remind me to pray for them. On the inside of the doors on one side I taped the further study focus for the WB.This is helpful for a quick reference. On the other door I have taped the Course Codes & info. on a Carnegie unit for my highschool students. I got these forms from the ATI website.

This is the inside of the cabinet. As you can see I purchased organizers and a label machine to label them. I prefer clear organizers.

I have drawers for my school supplies & scrapbooking supplies. The larger drawers are for my binding machine supplies, crafts stuff, file folders, etc. That is located on the farthest left side. I have a bad habit of keeping everything for crafts.This keeps me in check because if the draw is full then I need to get rid of something before I can add to it.It makes me prioritize.

I have one loose container for whatever I want for it. In the winter I kept my co-op students folders in there currently I have it full with my Apologia Botany kit for the fall.

I have drawers for stickers, paper, notebooks, tape, glue sticks, scraps, clear page protectors etc.

The nice thing is all the drawers come out so we can carry our supplies to were we are working. We will pull out the colored pencil, marker, or crayon drawer then put it back when we are done. This helps my kids keep everything in place.

I use a label machine to label the drawer. They can easily be changed as needs change. I label everything!!!

1. The drawers are also great to organize the CCC! I also love to use magazine racks to organize my school room. Next to my desk I have three magazine racks.

• Wisdom Booklet Future ( parent planners for the 8 WB I plan to do in the school year)
• Wisdom Booklet Planner (planners & WBLA teachers books)
• Wisdom Booklet Current ( all the students & parents WB currently working on)

Next to my computer I also have my organizer for the Greek & vocabulary cards for the WB.On the very bottom shelf I have all my Dinah Zike books. On my desk I have a small organizer for pens & pencils etc.

Each student has their own magazine rack to place their notebooks, books reading, WBLA spelling notebook etc. They each decorated their own rack awhile back and now the stickers are coming off which I am sure the older students don't mind :O)

I pray this is a blessing to someone or sparks an idea to make your life easier as a homeschool mom!

WB 24 Medicine Resource

Wisdom Booklet 24 Medicine Resource

Today we did half of the Medicine resource. The focus of this resource is Venereal diseases.

We then finished the Hands of a Child Basic Survival Skills lapbook.

I was happy our Iowa Basic tests came in on Saturday from ATI. So I have everything done except getting my affidavit notarized for the next school year. We are coming to the end of the year. Its hard to believe.

WB 24 Law Resource & Mail Box Art

Yesterday we did the Law Resource for WB 24. Then for art class as a family we decorated our new mailbox. The post office changed our mailing address and moved the location of our mailbox. It is now closer and at the end of our street.The country life :O) So we purchased a jumbo mailbox so the mail man does not have to drive to our house for some of the smaller packages. So for art class we made a collage and decorated our new mail box. The kids choose pictures from magazines, pictures of our pets, cut out shapes, and drew pictures. I traced the younger kids hands using colorful scrapbooking paper. This begins the summer of fun family projects for around the house.