So this week was the week our youngest son attended our church’s service camp. The youth arrived at the church Tuesday morning complete with clothes, sleeping bags, pillows, Bibles, and whatever else they may need for the week. They spent their days doing things at, for and with the Youth Group. They ate all their meals at the church and then had various evening activities including going to play laser tag one night and swimming another night. At the end of the activities, the girls went to the home of one of the adult leader’s family, while the boys were divided among two different homes. Our son really enjoyed himself.
This was also a week where very little book work was done, but I have been working on planning our new school year. Our 15-year-old daughter will be entering 10th grade. Here is what I have planned for her to do:
- CTC Math
- Picta Dicta
- Grammar Planet
- American Literature
- TruthQuest History
- Biology/Nature Study
- Violin
- Art
- Bible Study with me
- Latin
Our 17-year-old son will be doing:
- CTC Math
- Bible Study
- Picta Dicta
- Grammar Planet
- Literature
- Exploring World History by Notgrass
- Chemistry/Marine Biology
- Latin or Japanese
- Bible Lessons
- Photography
Our son is taking responsibility for his own schedule and is inputting them into Homeschool Planet himself. I am in the process of entering my daughter’s lessons myself. However, it seems like interruptions sometimes happen and distractions are bad. But I am fairly happy with our choices.
Wednesday morning, I received a phone call from one of the ladies at our church. She wanted to know if I could come to help her prepare some pears for canning. I found out another lady from the church was coming as well. So I spent about an hour or so of my time helping peel, core, wash the pears along with a few other tasks. Then as our reward, I was given pears to bring home for our family to “put up” or can. Originally I wanted to can pear slices. However, our oldest son decided we needed to make pear preserves like his paternal grandmother did/does. So he called for instructions and this afternoon, my three sons and I worked to peel, cut and core the pears. My oldest and youngest son both work independently. However, my second son decided we should have some kind of assembly line going. So he peeled the pears, and then I cut them into slices and cored them. All in all, it went very well considering we had almost 30 pounds of pears to do. I really enjoyed working with my sons.
For dinner, we decided to have a whole roasted chicken along with stuffing. After the work we did today, a fairly easy dinner like that was appreciated.
Upcoming Reviews & Crew Activities:
- God Schooling: How God Intended Children to Learn by Julie Polanco
- Branch Out World
- Back to School Crew Blog Hop
- GrammarPlanet
So what is going on in your world? I would love to hear from you.
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