Look at our progress!

Our official First Personal Narrative

I must say that I am not a great writer. AT ALL! When I read that our lesson plans called for an upcoming personal narrative lesson I almost passed out! lol...well, not really,but almost. lol I figured it was time to brainstorm on how to get my 4th grader to really enjoy writing. What does he LOVE to do? hmmm....Ah, write about building his tree fort! I had a feeling it was not going to be so dreadful after all. To my amazement the child flourished. He was coming up with his own paragraph ideas and details. I have never seen him write this good. You see this is the beauty of homeschooling. Gearing it towards ONE CHILD. Personalizing it to fit his needs. I was in awe the whole time. This summer he wasn't even close to writing a paragraph and making any sense. Now, he is just on board. One on one is heavenly. Thank you Lord for guiding me to homeschool my son.

The garden is growing faster by the day.

We are so ready for the harvest! I can't help to think that we I will be grocery shopping in my backyard. What a great feeling. I am looking forward to clipping more fresh herbs and some great veggies. The pumpkins and cucumbers are still growing the fastest. Our basil is out of control. You want basil we've got it! Rosemary is super happy too. Between our garden and the organic eggs we pick up locally we are turning totally green.

The teacher needed to sew!

Made this for my sweet Lexie Bree

The Organic Veggie Garden is on a roll!

Well, 4 out of 8 4x4 square's are completed. We are so excited. Everything is surviving and growing everyday. The cucumbers are in competition with the pumpkins! The marigolds are not that great considering a lil person watered them a little too much LOL.

If I get some time this weekend I'll post some more pictures.

My tree fort and my friends by David

All of my curriculum is finally here!

Dr. Aardsma's Spelling Drill got here today!

Comprehension Guides are here too!
Homer Price Comprehension Guide by Veritas Press & The Story of the Treasure Seekers.
Here's the link if you want to check them out.
http://www.exodusbooks.com/category.aspx?id=1410

Legible Handwriting! YEAH

One of my goals for David is to improve his handwriting and boy oH BOY I think I have done it! I tell him all the time "do your best or you will rewrite it", "you are molding yourself today for who you will be tomorrow". Apparently, its clicking up there! I took a picture from his english paper from "private schooling" last year. Is mama excited or what?

You can create your own worksheets at www.worksheets.com This website is great for handwriting sheets. You can even control sizing, spacing, and write what you would like. I always write something about what David likes to do to make it fun for him.

The Light Hut- Project idea by Exploring Creation with Botany

We are so excited with our first Homeschool Science project this year. This is only the beginning! We have decided to grow an organic garden loaded with a huge variety of vegetables for the fall. Considering our science curriculumn this year is botany the project is just perfect. Gardening here we GO!

Lesson no. 1 teaches the kids how to make a Light Hut and grow some plants inside the hut. It's a great environment for a variety of plants. We have selected our seeds from www.parkseed.com and they were here in less than 4 days. As I write dad is on his way to Homedepot to buy wood for our 4x4 square garden. We'll keep you posted on our progress. keep checking back

Starting our first homeschool project. A Homemade Greenhouse.