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Basic Homeschooling Information |
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2008-2009 This year marks
the beginning of high school for our oldest child. He is looking forward to taking driver’s
education. It promises to be a busy
and exciting year. The kids will
continue with music – instruments played currently include piano, violin,
viola, flute, guitar, and drums. We will
consider participating in swimming and PE at the YMCA again this year. There will be
more individualized work and less work as a group this year. The academic plan includes:
For more information about our curriculum, read the curriculum page. |
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The plan for
2007-08 was to not be as busy as the previous year! All the activities in the past few years
have been fun, but we needed to be home more often. We did schoolwork in the mornings (sometimes
extending until after lunch), and took time to relax and play in the
afternoons. Our routine week was much more relaxed than the prior year:
Academics
included:
Our original plan
also included drawing, plus logic and web design for the older kids. Those subjects have been postponed, and we
instead had our health/science curriculum enriched as we had the opportunity
to learn about rheumatologists, endocrinologists, physical therapists,
pharmacists, medical technologists, x-rays, ultrasounds, what the components
of a lab report mean, and oh, so much more that we had not planned on
learning! Part of the beauty of
homeschooling is the ability to be flexible, for which we were very grateful. |
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2006-2007
2006-07 was an incredibly busy year. We did written schoolwork in the mornings,
with various activities in the afternoons and evenings:
Note: This was way too many activities.
Good thing we dropped 4H! Click on a child’s name
to see past years’ academic course listings.
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Plan for 2009-2010 The academic plan for next year is subject to
change, but currently looks like:
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