So, what do you do all day and which curriculum do you use?

How many times have you been asked this question?

So, what do you do all day and which curriculum do you use?

I've found this question mainly comes from other homeschoolers. I understand the question and have often asked it myself. We are the curious bunch, aren't we? ;) Often times I have found it helps to get a view of what others are doing. Other times I have noticed it could be detrimental to see the view. (Isn't it easy to play keeping up with the Joneses in homeschooling?)

My answer to this question is ever changing but here is a glimpse into what I have planned for today. Mind you, this isn't really a list of curriculum. You won't find many references to workbooks in our lessons lately. Also keep in mind this list is not exhaustive. I'm quite certain we will learn/discuss many different concepts today. (Things do come up, don't they?)

Tuesday, Sept. 25th, 2007

Devan and Richie- read silently from chosen book
Christopher- read, discuss and take quiz covering Romeo and Juliet Act 4

FCAT prep quiz questions for all boys (just getting practice on taking these types of tests)

Analogies-
Christopher's questions-
5 is to Remington as
11 is to _________. (age)

Frontier is to Rich as
_______ is to mom. (vehicles, Rich is Christopher's stepfather)

Richie's questions-
White is to the living room as
______ is to the kitchen. (color of wall)

Green is to leaf as
Blue is to ______.

Devan's questions-
Cat is to Pretty as
Dog is to ______. (name of pets)

Wet is to water as
_____ is to sand.


Suffix practice all boys (pronunciation and general meaning)

Quote for the day- (Quotes)

We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts... Self-government means self-reliance.

-Calvin Coolidge, 30th US president (1872-1933)
*We cover phonics and grammar training using this quote on the blackboard. We discuss the quote then the boys copy it in their best penmanship.

Story Starter- (writing assignment)
"Our best homeschooling lesson ever was a science experiment my brothers and I were working on. After a little help from mom we were finished! We had successfully invented...."


AVKO Spelling lessons

Skip counting practice
Months of the year practice
Days of the week practice
Begin dating all work

Comma use instruction (I need this one too!)


So, that's it. That's what we'll cover today... hopefully. We have a 2pm vision appt for Christoher. (Hooray! We're finally getting him new glasses!) The vision center is about 30 minutes away from our home so it will take up a chunk of our instruction time. Later in the evening I may have the boys watch the third part of the history channel's American Revolution series.