Images of our Day

Random images of our school today.  In case you couldn't tell, Tuesday is an Art day around here.

Ramona working on her paper quilt designs in Art

Hermoine did this "cave art" painting yesterday

Hermoine working on Latin

Hermoine's diagramming.   She has one diagram plus two pages for each lesson in Grammar.

Ramona's math textbook. She also had three pages in her workbook.

Hermoine's logic

Hermoine's spelling sentences.

Hermoine working on a pottery lesson in Art.

Typing

Ramona has started a typing course this year at the BBC website.    I decided to start her last week when I noticed her pecking away one finger at a time and remembered that Hermoine had learned to type with this site when she was in 4th grade.  She'll do it two or three times a week until she's finished with the program.

I, personally, think the voices are extremely annoying, but they don't bother her.   We've decided that she will wear her earphones while doing the lessons to save my nerves.

There are many free typing programs on the web or available for purchase on CD's.   This is just one of the many options out there. 

Morning Snapshots

A few photos of schoolwork this morning.

Ramona doing Spanish

A bit of Hermoine's Grammar

Hermoine's Classification Lab for Science

A page of Ramona's Logic

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

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.