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Sunday, October 4, 2015

Week 10- Pharaoh Pharaoh...








This week we studied about the Pharaoh. What was a Pharaoh? How were they "more than" a king to their people. I get the impression from reading further along this is to help lay the foundation for how God used the Pharaohs to show his His power and glory.  The curriculum called for making Egyptian costumes, but we just had other things to do. So we made Pharaoh headdresses instead. Beauty of Homeschool Make it work for your life!

Hulk is very excited about his science porject for his co-op science class. We really don't get into this class too much outside of the experiments they do in class, but this one he insisted on. Usually its just too much on top of SITB for the little guy, but we SOOO proud of his beans! I love the log they sent home.


We made a HUGE change this week... I switch all 3 kids Math curriculum. We had fought the battle with  Teaching Textbooks over and over. I could never tell if they were getting it or not because they would get 70's in the workbooks on daily assignment, but would immediately be able to correct the wrong one accurately within 5 min. No effort. I tried making it an lesson in diligence and commitment but it just wasn't working.... So the girls are going to try The Art of Problem Solving's  Beast Academy. It's significant different from TT in scope,sequence, and methods, so we are dropping back to the 2nd quarter of  their "3rd" grade. Lesson's are presented in comic book form and then have several activities in the practice book. This curriculum is not "open and go" and is going to require more planning and diligence on my part, but at least they are interested.  Beast Academy is currently only available  for 3rd and 4th grades with 5th grade coming later this year. I had been researching new math curriculum for a few months for the girls and was stuck until I saw this one. A light bulb just went off and I felt God nudging my hand. So I ordered less then a day after I first heard of it.... SOOOO we will have to trust heavily in his guidance. Hulk also got a new program. He was 3/4 of the way complete with Saxon Math 1 and was so beyond it. It was a great starting point but its time to move on. I had given all the kids Singapore placement tests a few weeks back. He easily placed in Singapore 2A and was very close to 2B but I figured that might be too much of a jump so we are starting with 2A.  Please pray for us over the next few weeks as I learn 2 new curricula and hope I haven't bitten off more then I can chew!

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