Concordia Classical Academy

Kindergarten redux

Published on 2012-01-22 22:49:00

I've gotten some emails wondering what I will be doing for Little Bird for kindergarten. I finally have it nailed down and en route.My sweet girl will be done Sonlight Core A. Along with that she'll continue French, piano, and Latin. For math she'll be doing Saxon 1 and Life of Fred elementary books. For handwriting we will use Cursive First again.And there is kindy.

Must keep trying

Published on 2011-12-11 22:33:00

OK, the formatting on those pictures is wacky, but I can't figure out how to fix it. Apple- I love your computer, why doesn't it love me back?Anyway.This last week we headed down to Denver as a small field trip. Denver is the "big city" for my kids and it's fun to watch them experience it. I'm also getting really exicted about Christmas. The kids will have some really cool gifts. They also (well, the girls) are in the children's Christmas pageant at our church and they are really excited ab

Revolutionary war

Published on 2011-12-08 23:44:00

I'm trying this from my new iPad, so you'll have to forgive me if the images aren't the best. It's gonna be a learning process, but I'm in love!We're at the Revolutionary War and we're doing it with quite a few books. Quite a few are Sonlight and some we added in ourselves.It's been great!

Advent plans

Published on 2011-11-21 15:06:00

Every year I post about this. I've posted pics of the stuff before, so I don't know if I will this year.We use an Advent wreath, calendar, and a nativity. We use this book: Celebrate Jesus! At Christmas. We also read a lot of books on St. Nicolas and on Dec 6th the children leave a shoe out.On top of this, we'll continue regular school. We'll also have all the Advent activities at church as well as preparation for the girls who will be in the children's Christmas program.Busy!

Two small brags

Published on 2011-11-16 21:08:00

If I can't brag on here, where can I?First, I had a lady approach me and tell me she's really amazed by how well we homeschool- that she can tell we're doing a great job and Sweet Pea is an incredible little girl.She has grandkids Sweet Pea's age and older that she spends a lot of time with, so I take this as a massive compliment.Brag number two- Little Bird is almost through her kindergarten reading book. She's four. :)

Wherein preplanning comes in handy

Published on 2011-11-10 11:36:00

Sweet Pea finished one math book and I had another one ready right away to give her, much to her joy. Strike when the iron is hot, and all.Well done, Sweet Pea!

How a day looks

Published on 2011-11-07 14:55:00

For quick reference, I have a 7.5 year old girl, a 4.5 year old girl, and a 20 month old son.My oldest is doing a sweep through American history this year. She's also studying Norse mythology. We're doing this with a lot of living books and reading time together.My middle child is diligently working on reading and developing patience and listening skills.My toddler is working on how many things he can possibly destroy in each moment.Morning begins with breakfast and then free play time for the

Speeding along

Published on 2011-11-06 19:16:00

I can't tell you how shocked I was yesterday when my sweet 4 year old brought me a drawing. It was a lizard. And next to it she wrote, "LIZARD".Guess it's time to start being more intentional with handwriting practice! Yikes!Also, Sweet Pea has been cruising along rapidly in math. I think we may level up soon.Always exciting.And so he's not left out my darling toddler now yells, "BOOM!" constantly. He loves to knock things over or fall on purpose so he can yell it.Boys.

Goals for the year

Published on 2011-11-02 21:32:00

As they stand right now.For a change, I'll go youngest first.Moose. My sweet no-longer-a-baby boy. He'll be 2 by the time the school year ends. TWO! How is that possible? It shouldn't be. He's doing really well with gross and fine motor and right on track, so I hope he continues on there. I'd like to see him start talking a little more- he's a man of few words. I think a lot of that is personality, though- he likes to think things through and form an opinion before trying them. Little Bi

Mapping

Published on 2011-11-01 21:50:00

We're working on mapping in three ways this year. First, we locate things involving multiple countries or sea voyages on the globe. We find the places, trace where people went, and talk about it.We also have a laminated map that we locate things in the US on. This works well for finding reference points like cities, mountains, or rivers.We're also learning to draw maps. Above is Sweet Pea's first attempt at drawing the continental US. She did a really good outline of the country, keeping the