On mornings when we are out and about early, we usually listen to The Wally Show on WAY-FM.  It is an faith based broadcast that offers practical advice from people who are willing and transparent about their own struggles in life.  The girls and I often learn new things by listening to their stories, and we often have a good laugh because the broadcasters can be hilarious. 

Hi, guys!  I shared with you all two free curriculum programs that we are using this year, and one of the programs was Jenny Phillips' Good and Beautiful Upper Elementary Language Arts Course A.  I am absolutely excited to be using this program with the girls this year, but before we could start it I needed to organize it for our learning environment.

What do I mean by our plans failed?  Well, each week I write out the goals I have for the girls as it relates to which lessons should be completed, which activities we will do, and the places we will visit.  This past week about 75% of the plans actually happened.  There were two days last week that I was visited cluster headaches.  When I get these headaches, it is really hard for me to function at full capacity therefore I can't do all that I have planned.  Now the girls do continue to move forward with the majority of their work, but not all because there are some concepts that I must actually teach them.  Prayerfully, I will not have a headache for the next few months since I only get them a few times each year. 

The end of the school year often causes me to reflect and ponder the ways I can make our home school lifestyle better.  When last school year ended, I decided that I wanted to make this current school year better.  Now saying better isn't really measurable so I had to be specific.  Better for me meant being more focused with our time together, making sure I corrected their work consistently which means at least three times per week, and using curriculum that they enjoyed. 

Homeschool curriculum selections for 4th and 6th grade including math, history, science, writing, and more.