Re-vamping my homeschool situation for next year...

So I am re-vamping things... we are going to be using the workbox method when homeschooling. I plan to cover up some cereal boxes that will fit on my bookcase to start with... I hope to get this done in the next few days. I am really excited about this new adventure and it will be nice not to answer "are we done yet" every time we finish one assigned task. She will know that once her card if full she is done.

Don't get me wrong I am still going to use Sonlight P4/5 while homeschooling my daughter as well as other material I pick up and of course lots of crafts and lapbooks.

I do not have the workboxes book yet but I hope to get it soon but I know it will be a good fit for my daughter and me. Click here to find out more about the system.

I plan on looking for cereal boxes today and tomorrow I am sure we have a few in our recycle bin I can pull out and recover to make them pretty to go on my shelves in our kitchen for homeschooling. Did I mention how excited I am about this. :)

more pictures and info to follow as I get this up and running at our house.

Homeschool resources...

Spelling

Zaner Bloser's Spelling Connections

Math

Houghton Mifflin's Leveled Math Practice

I am still here....

I haven't forgotten about this blog but we have just been very busy. :)

I do plan to update it this week for those regular visitors I do apologize.

Valentine's Day Ideas

Crafts

Handprint wall hanging
cardboard tube cupid
pom pom critter
Valentine's Day T-shirt
Heart Pillows
Kids Valentine Hat
Using up candy canes
Valentine Printables
ABC Teach
edHelper Valentine's Stuff
DLTK's Valentine's links
Teacher Help

Winter Ideas

Just putting together some things for a winter lapbook to work on as well as worksheets to go with our home school curriculum.

Snowflake Designs

Beginners 1

Puzzles

maze
picture hunt




Coloring Pages

sled
snowman
penguin
skating
snowflake 1
snowflake 2
snowflake 3



Stories

The Mitten

Crafts

Paper Plate Snowman
Styrofoam Snowman
Snowmen Fence
Snowflake Mobile




Lapbooks

The Snowy Day
My Book of Winter Words
Winter Counting Book

Food

Snowflake Tortillas

Christmas with the Animals

We went on a field trip to a local conservation area where we learned about animals in winter. We fed the birds, left food for the skunks, squirrels and rabbits. It was so much fun despite the frigid temperatures. It was cold out that is for sure. The instructors were fabulous. I highly recommend this as a learning opportunity for others.