Sunday, July 31, 2011

Where We Do School



Ramona's cubby next to her desk
I enjoy seeing examples of schoolrooms so I thought I would post some photos of the places we "do school."

We have a schoolroom and spend a few hours each morning there, but we are not tied to it.   Each girl has a reading chair in their room that they love to use while they read or listen to audio books.  Ramona, in particular does not like any kind of distractions while reading and often ends up in her reading chair during her assigned reading time.

Our favorite room by far is our library.   It's where we store most of our books, read, watch documentaries, and do things that don't count as school such as play Wii, watch movies, play games, etc.  We remodeled that room about a year and a half ago and use it every day.
  


Schoolroom -view 1
Schoolroom view 2
Library -view 1
Library - view 2


Ramona's reading chair




Friday, July 29, 2011

What is your superpower?

I love this T-shirt from Cafe Press.    I might need to buy this to remind myself I can do anything when we start school in about a week.    You would think I'd be a pro at the homeschooling thing by now, this being our 7th year and all.   But, we are switching it up a little this year by adding some subjects from K12 in for the girls.   They each wanted to do Science, Art and Music from K12.  Of course, they are unwilling to give up Real Science-4-Kids or their classes at the Nature Center.   This means we have more than doubled our Science load.   They are also wanting to continue with their Art classes as well as do the K12 Art.   So, yes, I am going to need to feel superpowers coursing through my veins in the next few weeks while we get this new schedule figured out.