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This week we spent A LOT of time at home. Confession: Staying home is hard for me. And, to be honest, it used to seem like a "sacrifice" to me, but now it's just what we do, and wouldn't trade it for anything. Here's what our week looked like: Anna - Challenge A Anna's days are quite structured, but the Challenge A program allows for HER to design and maintain that structure.
Basically, she has six "subjects" she is studying this year: Math, Latin, Rhetoric, Geography, Science, and Writing. 1. 2. 3. 4. Grant - Foundations at Home Work 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Mom In a Crisis Let Go. Bless you for stopping by. Would you please share this post using the buttons above? Please note: this post may contain affiliate links. Dear Mom in a crisis, I’m talking to you today. Yes, you. I know, I’ve been there. I used to think, if I don’t talk about it, think about it, pray about it, it will just go away.
But, it doesn’t It’s there, bigger than life, like a big elephant in the middle of the room. It threatens every conversation, every smile, every.single.moment.of.peace and it wakes you up in the middle of the night – you, there in a puddle of cold sweat. Today, I want you to know. As a mother who has experienced devastation in my own home, witnessing the impact on my own children, I have slowly, but found the truth of the matter – I can not control the actions of another person. I have learned to let it go and truly let God. I have learned to love and be loved. It’s up to God to open their eyes and ears and it’s also up to Him to open their hearts to His truth. Homeschool share. Christian Homeschool Moms - Homeschool Moms Helping Moms To Homeschool With Joy. Homeschooling with Five In A Row: Your Unit Study Homeschool.
I am so thankful that I found (in my very first year of homeschooling!) A homeschool curriculum called Five In A Row. It's hard to fully explain on a website page what this curriculum has meant to me and my family. I don't even think of it as a curriculum anymore, but as a way of thinking and teaching and as a very precious set of books that represent my place in a big family that I call my FIAR family.
That may be hard to understand until you actually look at the product, buy it, try it and meet some of the special people involved in the Five in a Row message boards. The Years I've Spent "Rowing" The term we use for spending our five days studying one of the wonderful picture books used in Five in a Row is "rowing. " The years I have spent "rowing" with my young children will always be some of the best memories I have. How Five In A Row Works Five in a Row is a unit study-based approach to learning in the elementary years, using the very best children's literature.
Five In A Row Digital. Song of My Heart: Five in a Row Units. I decided to organize all of our Five in a Row units as links on this page, so that they wouldn't get lost in the sidebar. You'll always be able to access this page by clicking on OUR FIVE IN A ROW UNITS under "Categories" in the right-hand sidebar. But first, a few notes about Five in a Row in our family: 1. Oftentimes I'll combine a Five in a Row title with a topical unit we're doing. 2. 3. Now for the links to our Five in a Row Adventures: Cranberry ThanksgivingKaty and the Big SnowLentilMadelineMake Way for DucklingsNight of the MoonjelliesOwl MoonStopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningThe Bee TreeThe Glorious FlightThe Salamander RoomThe Snowy Day (Before Five in a Row)The Story About Ping Hope this has been helpful for someone!
Rowing "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" The week of September 3rd marked the start of our school year. I hadn't planned on starting until the following week, but the kids were begging to get going. Who am I to deny them? Since I didn't want to mess my plans up. I decided to do Tuesday and Thursday the first week and Monday, Wednesday, Friday the next week. That way we get our full first week in, and we can ease back into our school schedule. For the first week, we decided to row "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter. Most of our activities are right out of the Five In A Row Volume 2 manual, so I won't go into those much. What you will need (cost): Bin large enough to hold everything (free since I had it at home) Potting soil ($0.97 at Walmart) Seed packets ($0.10 a piece on clearance) "Silk" flowers ($0.50 a bunch on clearance, I bought 3) Shovels and other play things ($1.60 a piece on clearance) As you can see, I didn't spend much on this bin.
My kids LOVED it! I left it out for maybe 30-45 minutes, then picked it up. SEASONS.