We had a blast today picking apples at Larriland Farm. We met up with a bunch of friends and picked a gazillion apples.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Curriculum!
We are finally settled into a new year of homeschooling. We've been going at it for 4 weeks now, heading into week 5. I thought I'd post what Molly is using for 7th grade.
Literature: She's reading from the late Renaissance to early modern time period. Formal reading list includes:
Don Quixote,Perraults Complete Fairy Tales, Gullivers Travels, The Pilgrims Progress, Robinson Crusoe, Wordsworth poems, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Coleridge), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Way to Wealth (In Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography and other writings), Alice in Wonderland, Pride and Prejudice, The adventures of Tom Sawyer, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Christmas Carol, Edgar Allen Poe selections, Narrative of Frederick Douglas
Math: Life of Fred Fractions and Decimals and Percents. This is considered pre-algebra review, she'll start algebra 1 in 8th grade
English: Rod and Staff
Vocabulary: Vocabulary From Classical Roots
History: History Odyssey level 2 early modern
Spanish: Spanish For Children
Critical Thinking Book 1
Science: Ellen McHenry's the Elements and Carbon Chemistry. Also the Mystery of the Periodic Table
Art: Artistic Pursuits and claywork classes
Music: Classical Music Start up volume 1 and 2 and piano lessons
These are her formal subjects. She is also taking a yearbook class, and is in 2 plays, A Christmas Carol and Charlie Brown's Christmas. She is also in a drama ministry troupe which has performances once or twice a month.
Literature: She's reading from the late Renaissance to early modern time period. Formal reading list includes:
Don Quixote,Perraults Complete Fairy Tales, Gullivers Travels, The Pilgrims Progress, Robinson Crusoe, Wordsworth poems, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Coleridge), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Way to Wealth (In Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography and other writings), Alice in Wonderland, Pride and Prejudice, The adventures of Tom Sawyer, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Christmas Carol, Edgar Allen Poe selections, Narrative of Frederick Douglas
Math: Life of Fred Fractions and Decimals and Percents. This is considered pre-algebra review, she'll start algebra 1 in 8th grade
English: Rod and Staff
Vocabulary: Vocabulary From Classical Roots
History: History Odyssey level 2 early modern
Spanish: Spanish For Children
Critical Thinking Book 1
Science: Ellen McHenry's the Elements and Carbon Chemistry. Also the Mystery of the Periodic Table
Art: Artistic Pursuits and claywork classes
Music: Classical Music Start up volume 1 and 2 and piano lessons
These are her formal subjects. She is also taking a yearbook class, and is in 2 plays, A Christmas Carol and Charlie Brown's Christmas. She is also in a drama ministry troupe which has performances once or twice a month.
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