Our Homeschool Day~January 2017

The last Homeschool Day I shared was January of 2015.

I only had two kids to teach.

I now teach 4 (and a half).

Ha

My 2yr old does not like being left out so I do a little lesson with her on most days.

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I  am trying to start our day with a short story or poem with all of my kids.

Then one of the boys plays with the 2yr old and the other starts his math.

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I do reading with one of the girls.

The other does an independent reading project, like word matching cards.

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I then switch and my other daughter reads to me while the other does independent work.

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When I am done with both of the twins it is my youngest’s turn.

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We work on letter sounds, numbers, and simple things like farm animals or butterflies.

After I am done with her lesson we usually go for a walk.

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The boys can do most of their work independently.

They just need writing assignments, new books for their school shelf, and their work monitored.

I also will give them science or history projects.

For our current study they are researching the Erie Canal with the knowledge they will have to build a working canal with a lock.

I tie together the boys history, geography, science, and literature by time period.

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For instance, they are studying the war of 1812, the Erie Canal, Francis Scott Key, Peter Cartwright, Steamboats, Mark Twain, and Beethoven at the same time.

I put all their books on one shelf.

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Here are steamboats that they made.

I actually had them research and make their own prototypes first.

Then I gave them some sites with directions and needed to help them troubleshoot.

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We eat lunch and have quiet time.

The boys do their reading during quiet time.

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I am usually correcting in the midst of working with one.

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After quiet time and snack I start the twins math lessons.

They do not learn well together so even though they are learning the same thing I do the lesson with one at a time.

Sometimes they are able to finish their math lesson, but often they need extra help to pay attention and need to wait for Nick to get home.

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This is probably a pretty honest picture of how our lessons go.

I have found holding a hot cup of tea calms me.

Sometimes I just need to hold my cup of tea, breath, and think of how I can explain something so that it is understood.

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The boys and girls both do the same math curriculum (RightStart Math).

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Once in a while we do projects all together.

Most of the time the boys do projects independently.

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I like how calm these pictures make it look.

It was not calm.

It was a thousand questions and a toddler that kept spilling things.

Not questions about the science of it by the way.

Ha

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If you follow me on Instagram, you have probably seen these.

I took the first group of pictures at the same time to show what everyone does at a given moment.

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This one shows the aftermath of our math lessons…

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Hope you liked getting a peek into what our day might look like.

Ha

I have found I have to be flexible most days.

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