tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166090904345131512024-03-12T22:35:09.626-04:00Planted by StreamsJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576598640051417294noreply@blogger.comBlogger528125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316609090434513151.post-43876054765630006982015-09-02T21:00:00.000-04:002015-09-02T21:00:09.319-04:00Back to School 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Monday marked the official beginning of 8th, 6th, and 4th grade around here. The Challenge program with our Classical Conversation group started two weeks ago, so Hannah's summer was cut a little short. She handled it well. We did a little math last week to keep her company... before we headed to the pool. </div>
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First Day of Challenge B for Hannah</div>
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My sweet 8th grader</div>
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Will's first year of "middle school" - 6th grade</div>
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4th grade for Peter</div>
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I do think this may be Henry's favorite day of the year. School starting means <br />his people stay home more during the day. </div>
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And a little five year rewind.</div>
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Only FIVE years.</div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576598640051417294noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316609090434513151.post-26291484841457640512015-08-24T14:41:00.002-04:002015-08-24T14:41:57.195-04:00SummeringWhere to begin when it has been many months since a blog post? <div>
How about a big summer photo post?</div>
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We just returned home from a blissful week in Maine (photos to come in another post) and I am now buried in laundry and school planning. Hannah begins Challenge B tomorrow! Summer break is leaving us and we are all feeling a little bluesy about saying goodbye.</div>
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But as lovely as this summer has been for our family, we are feeling ready for some structure and routine. I guess it's has to be time. Saxon Math is sitting here on my desk staring me down. </div>
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A sampling of our sweet summer season...</div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576598640051417294noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316609090434513151.post-86409313282328897632014-11-02T13:53:00.000-05:002014-11-02T13:53:08.886-05:00Mount VernonA couple weeks ago, we went back to Mount Vernon. It is one of our favorite local field trips! ... And so lovely in the fall! Because it was a spectacular day, we decided to take the river tour. It was well worth it. <div>
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Hannah and Will's teams played in 12 mini-games over 2 days </div>
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Today was our first day of school and marked the beginning of our 6th year of homeschooling. 3rd, 5th, and 7th this year.... </div>
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I am dying at how old my kids look in these pictures.</div>
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And this was just five short years ago!? Slow it down, people!</div>
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It's been some time since I've been in this space. To be honest, long stretches of this past year I didn't even pick up the my camera. I didn't want to share our life here, but instead sought to draw my dear ones close and hunker down. It was just that kind of year. Sadness, stress, and days on our knees is what I will remember. And that my sweet Savior walked through those deep valleys with me... with all of us... drawing us closer to Him and to each other. </div>
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Spring ended with us having to say goodbye to my beautiful, godly, and full-of-spunk mother-in-law. </div>
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Nana. </div>
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Mom. </div>
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Alzheimer's made her last years on earth pretty rough, but she danced and laughed through most of it... just like always. Then cancer took her from us. That woman knew how to live life and she lived it with great joy right to the very end. </div>
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Oh she is so missed.</div>
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Then there was summer. It was lovely; a balm for soul. </div>
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Spectacular skies and that sweet smelling air filled our days. </div>
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And rest. Oh blessed rest. </div>
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We swam and swam and swam.... well, they did. I timed and sat mostly.</div>
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As I busily prepared for our last week of CC, <br />I managed to check on the cherry blossoms one more time. </div>
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Every single street in a nearby neighborhood is this lovely, but on a warm, peak-bloom, Sunday afternoon there is NO way to get a photo without gobs of cars and people. I do my best. </div>
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It always takes my breath away to see the blossoms bursting out of the tree.</div>
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Making the cherry blossom experience even more beautiful is the pale pink petal confetti that swirls through the air and piles up in gutters. There could not be a more magical way to welcome spring!</div>
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Walking home we spotted the first tulips in bloom. </div>
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Because of snow days (it seemed to always snow on Tuesdays!), our last day of CC got pushed to the same day of our big End of Year Celebration. Funny to note: it SNOWED that night - April 15th. I'm telling you - it's a Tuesday thing. Anyway, it was a wonderful culmination of a fabulous first year of CC! </div>
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Here are most of the boys from my class. I had a class of all boys and loved every minute of it. </div>
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The Memory Masters receiving their awards. <br />I am so proud of Hannah! She worked very hard and rocked it her first year!</div>
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This face says "a full table of desserts and my mom wasn't looking."</div>
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Dad got to come up and see where we go every Tuesday. </div>
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One of the sweet boys in my class. </div>
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“Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment!”</div>
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a midday walk to see the cherry blossoms</div>
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The official "peak bloom" was made official this morning at the Tidal Basin. <br />I think our nearby trees are a day behind, perhaps letting the famous trees have their moment first. </div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576598640051417294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316609090434513151.post-90348496820832298512014-04-10T21:45:00.000-04:002014-04-10T21:45:27.493-04:00Classical Conversations : Faces of History<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Will and Hannah's Classical Conversations Essentials class <br />concluded the year with a <i>Faces of Medieval History</i> celebration. </div>
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We did it! Completed our first year of Essentials!... sadly, Hannah's only year. <br />Next year she is on to Challenge A. </div>
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Winter was long, cold, and oh-so-snowy. In early March, the kids bellowed a giant "Noooooo!" </div>
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So, having our feet in the sand while the last snowstorm swirled in DC <br />was exactly what we needed. A few weeks back, we visited my husband's parents <br />in Boca Grande - a tiny sliver of an island in southwest Florida that is very nearly perfect. </div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576598640051417294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316609090434513151.post-73611317683229135842014-02-05T17:37:00.000-05:002014-02-05T17:37:25.070-05:00LindenLinden holds so many happy memories for us. Last year five dear friends went in together and bought a house in those lovely mountains of Virginia, and this past weekend our extended group of friends gathered there to celebrate one of the many 40th birthdays happening this year.<br />
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We spent the long holiday weekend celebrating Peter. </div>
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Eight years old... such a fun age!</div>
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His big birthday treat: Saturday morning at an indoor climbing center. </div>
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I could really get into this kind of exercise... we all could!</div>
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A beautifully mild and sunny mid-winter day. The perfect birthday for this outdoor loving kid.</div>
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Then home again for dinner and birthday cake with the Flemings. <br />Happy 8th Birthday to my sweet and spunky Peter! </div>
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this sweet boy turned TEN!<br />
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Christmas dress-up day at Classical Conversations. And the last day of tin whistle! ; )</div>
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my CRAZY class of eight 8/9 year-old boys. oh. my. </div>
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an afternoon of gingerbread house decorating with good friends</div>
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Will enjoyed his first season of kid-pitch as a pitcher for his team.</div>
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The big 4-0 for my husband!</div>
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And Hannah celebrated her 12th! She requested homemade apple pie for her 'birthday cake.' </div>
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We began our fifth year of homeschooling yesterday <br />and our eighth first day with<i> </i>'The Sign' I made way back when Hannah was four. <br />That feels so very long ago.</div>
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Sixth grade. Crazy. And wonderful. </div>
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The fourth grader who declared yesterday the best first day of school ever. </div>
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Second grade for this cutie! I love second grade. </div>
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I'm working on a post with our curriculum line-up for the year. We are thrilled to be joining a Classical Conversations community this year. All three will be a part of the Foundations program; and Will and Hannah will be in the Essentials class. I will be jumping right in also and tutoring a Foundations class. The summer practicum, tutor training sessions, and parent meetings have been exactly the boost I have needed in this classical homeschooling journey! More to come...</div>
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For months I tried to think of a creative way to have a wall timeline in our homeschool room that wouldn't be too paper-taped-to-the-wall-looking <i>and</i> that the kids could build themselves. This was the solution for us. I love it because (a) the kids made it, (b) it's adjustable - I can move dates and events around making more space for the time period we are studying, (c) it looks great in the school room.<div>
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Then we printed timeline figures on heavy white card stock. I LOVE <a href="http://homeschoolinthewoods.com/HTTA/timeline.htm">these timeline figures from Homeschool In The Woods</a>. We only printed the people and events we had studied this past year, we will be adding to this for years. And I'm sure we will have some of our own black and white drawings to add in months to come, but the cd of figures we have is pretty exhaustive. I also printed dates to cut out and stick to clothespins (adjustable). After coloring and cutting, we just stuck them on with a little masking tape (easy to move). </div>
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There is that magical evening when you see summer's first fireflies.<br />
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Little events that announce summer is here.<br />
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576598640051417294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316609090434513151.post-71927769301932841262013-06-05T22:16:00.000-04:002013-06-05T22:16:40.558-04:00May Days<div style="text-align: center;">
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And there were carpools, practices, scrimmages, tryouts, soccer games, baseball games, playoffs... </div>
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Hannah-made pancakes for breakfast and a spectacular picnic lunch.</div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576598640051417294noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316609090434513151.post-87861956916644217702013-05-20T14:47:00.000-04:002013-05-20T14:47:59.233-04:00Regis and LydiaA couple weeks ago, we traveled to Kansas City for a very special wedding.<br />
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My husband and I sat back the entire wedding weekend and marveled at how perfectly God prepared both of them for each other. And how beautiful His timing always is. <br />
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576598640051417294noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316609090434513151.post-24163562582960609702013-04-29T17:16:00.001-04:002013-04-29T17:16:39.150-04:00Beautiful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Saturday, we celebrated the marriage of two of our favorite people. The kids (and I) had been counting the months-weeks-days to this most anticipated event. A wedding. A bride and groom we adore. </div>
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And then a big party at the farm we love on a brilliant 70 degree spring day. </div>
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Will even asked if he could wear a coat and tie. It was that huge. </div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576598640051417294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316609090434513151.post-57627045162283657862013-04-22T17:48:00.001-04:002013-04-22T17:48:12.894-04:00Spring Break 2013 : Boca Grande<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">every day was this beautiful<br /></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">always with a camera<br /></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 13px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">love this moment</span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 13px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">these two make me laugh<br /></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 13px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">out to dinner and loving golf cart living<br /></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 13px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">our last day we took at boat ride to Useppa Island...<br /></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 13px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">... where Hannah and I wandered around taking pictures of fascinating flowers...<br /></span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K4joj6zfvXA/UXWk5h66wbI/AAAAAAAAGOY/hxt9IcGidD8/s1600/flowers_2013-04-19+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K4joj6zfvXA/UXWk5h66wbI/AAAAAAAAGOY/hxt9IcGidD8/s640/flowers_2013-04-19+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PM4-ZBBwRH0/UXWk7sZi3GI/AAAAAAAAGO8/JBX4QOH3vaU/s1600/flowers_2013-04-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PM4-ZBBwRH0/UXWk7sZi3GI/AAAAAAAAGO8/JBX4QOH3vaU/s640/flowers_2013-04-19.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">... and crazy birds</span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 13px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">... and funky trees</span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 13px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">... and everywhere orchids growing out of trees! </span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 13px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you so much for a wonderful visit, Nana and Papa!</span></td></tr>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576598640051417294noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316609090434513151.post-82500423426485604112013-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:002013-04-11T06:00:01.656-04:00Our Homeschool : 1st Grade : 2012/2013Oops! I never posted what Peter has been busy doing around here. Here it is.<br />
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This is my third time teaching first grade. So at the beginning of the year, I sat down do get started with Peter on what first grade looks like around here. After a few weeks, I decided to make some changes. Each change proved to be a perfect fit for Peter. Just one of the million things I love about homeschooling: a custom-fit education.<br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">Peter : 1st Grade</b><br />
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<b>Math</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.mathusee.com/">Math-U-See</a>, Alpha. We started the year using Saxon 2, but switched to Math-U-See and the change has been a perfect fit. He loves it! </li>
<li>I still do a Saxon-like "Math Meeting" with him everyday - working with weather graphs, the calendar, skip counting, money, telling time, math facts, patterns, etc. </li>
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<b>Phonics/Grammar/Writing</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/all-about-reading/">All About Reading, Levels 1 and 2</a>. This program is brilliant and so easy to use. We have both enjoyed the <a href="http://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/categories/Supplemental-Products/Readers/">readers</a> more than any others I have found - beautifully illustrated, sweet stories.</li>
<li>Expode the Code workbooks. This is one thing that all my kids have enjoyed. Solid phonics reinforcement. I just subscribed to <a href="http://www.explodethecode.com/">Explode the Code Online</a> for some extra "fun" practice. Peter is loving his new computer time. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/First-Language-Lessons-Well-Trained-Mind/dp/1933339446/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364150735&sr=8-1&keywords=first+language+lessons">First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind: Level 1</a>. I have used this for all 3 - love it. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Reason-Handwriting-Carol-Ann-Retzer/dp/0936785381/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364150888&sr=1-1&keywords=a+reason+for+handwriting">A Reason for Handwriting: Level A</a></li>
<li>Poetry Memorization</li>
<li>Lots of reading aloud to me (or Hannah or Will). </li>
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And we all do <b>Bible, Memory Work, History, Geography, Science, Art, Music, </b>and<b> PE</b> together. Those subjects can be found here: <a href="http://planted-by-streams.blogspot.com/2013/03/our-homeschool-5th-grade-20122013.html">Our Homeschool : 5th Grade : 2012/2013</a>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07576598640051417294noreply@blogger.com0