Back to School Prep: Part 1

Happy Friday, my friends!

Clearly I'm loving the crayons these days. ;)

So, are you, like me, more than ready for the weekend? Goodness, that was a busy week! I can always tell how busy a week was by the state of my house on Friday afternoon, lol. I certainly had my work cut out for me today!

Anyhoo ... moving onto other things ... like the last week of summer!

Yes, it's true - we have a little over a week left before school starts again. The public school kids will be off and so will we. (Off to classes some days, home for lessons on others.) I still have a lot of things to iron out before September 4th and I'll be working on all that this weekend, but first off was deciding on - and ordering - the boys' curriculum.

I thought I'd share our planned studies for this year with you all here ...

Here's how it breaks down:

Bookworm, 12th grade

Calculus (fall semester, local college)

World Literature (Oak Meadow)

U.S. Government (Oak Meadow)

Biology (with a small group of homeschooled high schoolers, taught by a tutor)

French 2/3 (Rosetta Stone)

Public Speaking (an outside class)

Photography (fall workshop, an outside class)

Health & Fitness (Oak Meadow)

Computer Class TBD (spring semester, local college)

Driver's Ed.

Crackerjack, 8th grade

Math (Oak Meadow)

English (Oak Meadow)

Civics (Oak Meadow)

Physical Science (Oak Meadow)

Spanish 1 (outside class)

Art (outside class)

Drama (outside class)

Religious Education

Earlybird, 4th grade 

(I'm still gathering resources, but I cobble together most of EB's curriculum myself since no one text or program works perfectly for him.)

Math

Reading & Writing

Speech

U.S. Geography

Massachusetts State Study

Historic Heroes/Mythology

Animal Science

Nature Study

Art

Life Skills/Behavior Management

Religious Education

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As you can see the older boys are participating in a lot of outside-the-home classes so there will be a lot of driving about this year. At this point, EB is not signed up for any regular (i.e. weekly) actvities, but we're keeping our eyes and options open. I do plan to take lots of little "adventures" with him while we're carting his brothers around. :)

Over the next week or so I will be organizing the kids' materials (back-to-school supplies) and creating a lesson planner for myself ... then I'll work on setting up the learning room so it's all fresh and ready for a new year!

Well, my friends ~ I hope you've all had a nice week, busy or otherwise. (We're all busy aren't we? In one way or another!) I thank you for stopping by and promise to see you again soon.

Blessings to you and your loved ones!

❤