First Day of School 2019-2020

Here we are, ready for yet another school year to officially begin.  We are trying something new this year and that is not joining any formal co-op or taking weekly classes at one of the homeschool facilities in town and instead just truly staying home!  We will definitely join our big Catholic homeschool group for monthly Mass and field trips and have a lot of fun stuff planned for the year.  We love homeschooling for our family and the flexibility that it gives for us to live out our lives within our domestic church!  

Ryan-

Age:  9 1/2 years old

Grade: 4th Grade

Favorite Subject:  Science and History

Future Occupation:  Pilot or Train Engineer 

Connor-

Age:  7 1/2 years old

Grade: 3rd Grade

Favorite Subject:  Math/Science/Music

Future Occupation:  Doctor or Scientist

Luke-

Age:  6 years old

Grade:   1st Grade

Favorite Subject: Science

Future Occupation: Paleontologist or Marine Biologist

Peter-

Age:  3 1/2 years old 

Grade:  Pre-Kindergarten

Favorite Subject:  Art (Painting) / Story time

Future Occupation: Police Officer and Dad

Simon-

Age:  1 1/2 years old

Grade:  Nursery School

Favorite Subject:  Story Time / Music (Dancing)

Future Occupation:  ??

Baby:

Age:  Due October 2019

Grade:  Nursery School

Favorite Subject: 

Future Occupation: ?

Curriculum Plans for 2019-2020

Curriculum Plans for 2019-2020

Morning Basket (with Everyone):

Reciting the Morning Offering Prayer

Saint of the Day & Once Upon a Time Saints / Around the Year Once Upon a Time Saints

Poetry Memorization from Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammas: A Hypothetical Alphabet

Read Aloud Book of Bible Stories/Catholic Mosaic

Baltimore Catechism with Angel Food Stories

Days of the Week/Months of the Year/Season/Weather

Ryan (9-10 years old) 4^th/5^th Grade

Mathematics:

Teaching Textbooks 5 & 6

Saxon Math 6/5

Xtra Math Speed Drills

Religion:

Faith and Life Series: Credo – I Believe (5) - (Online Faith and Life Resources)

Catholic Mosaic

Catechesis of the Good Shepard Level 3

English/Spelling/Writing:

Language of God: Level D

My Catholic Speller: Level D

Online Typing Lessons

Writing and Rhetoric: Book 1-Fable

Reading:

Memoria Press Fourth/Fifth Grade Literature Novels and Guides

Dangerous Journey

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Lassie Come – Home

Heidi

Page One Reading Competition Book Selections

Independent Reading Novels

Treasure Trove of Literature (CHC)

Geography:

Map Skills D  (CHC)

Handwriting:

New American Cursive 2

Science:

Catholic Schoolhouse Tour 3 Science

(Ecology, Geology (Earth Science), Physics (Physical Science), Nutrition and Health)

Exploring Creation with Chemistry & Physics (Apologia) Text/Notebooking/Hands on Labs

History:

Catholic Schoolhouse Tour 3 History

(Modern History)

The Story of Civilization: Vol 3 – The Making of the Modern World (TAN Books)

(Textbook/Audio book, Video Lecture Series, Activity/Text books)

Living History Books

Spanish:

Sing Song Spanish 1 & 2

Art/Music/Enrichment:

Ever Ancient, Ever New: Art History, Appreciation, Theory, and Practice (CHC)

Weekly Piano / Guitar Lessons

Connor (8 years old) 3^rd/4^th Grade

Mathematics:

Teaching Textbooks 5 & 6

Saxon Math 6/5

Xtra Math Speed Drills

Religion:

Faith and Life Series: Our Life with Jesus (3) - (Online Faith and Life Resources)

Catholic Mosaic

Catechesis of the Good Shepard Level 2

English/Spelling/Writing:

Language of God: Level C

My Catholic Speller: Level C

Writing and Rhetoric:  Book 1 - Fable

Online Typing Lessons

Reading:

Memoria Press Fourth/Fifth Grade Literature Novels and Guides

Dangerous Journey

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Lassie Come – Home

Heidi

Page One Reading Competition Book Selections

Independent Reading Novels

Treasure Trove of Literature (CHC)

Geography:

Map Skills D (CHC)

Handwriting:

New American Cursive 2

Science:

Catholic Schoolhouse Tour 3 Science

(Ecology, Geology (Earth Science), Physics (Physical Science), Nutrition and Health)

Exploring Creation with Chemistry & Physics (Apologia) Text/Notebooking/Hands on Labs

History:

Catholic Schoolhouse Tour 3 History

(Modern History)

The Story of Civilization: Vol 3 – The Making of the Modern World (TAN Books)

(Textbook/Audio book, Video Lecture Series, Activity/Text books)

Living History Books

Spanish:

Sing Song Spanish 1&2

Art/Music/Enrichment:

Ever Ancient, Ever New: Art History, Appreciation, Theory, and Practice (CHC)

Weekly Piano / Guitar Lessons

Luke (6 years old) 1^st Grade

Mathematics:

MCP Mathematics: Level A

Seton Math 2

Life of Fred:  Cats/Dogs

Religion:

Faith and Life Series 1 (Online Faith and Life Resources)

Catholic Mosaic

Catechesis of the Good Shepard: Level 2

English/Phonics/Handwriting:

Seton English 1

My Very First Catholic Speller (CHC)

Catholic Heritage Handwriting: Level 1

Reading:

Little Stories for Little Folks

Seton Pre-Primer and Readers

Memoria Press Story Time Treasures

(Caps for Sale, Make Way for Ducklings, Little Bear, Frog and Toad are Friends)

Memoria Press More Story Time Treasures

(The Little House, Billy and Blaze, Blaze and the Forest Fire, The Story about Ping, Stone Soup, Keep the Lights Burning Abbie, Mrs. Rumphius)

Science:

Catholic Schoolhouse Tour 3 Science

(Ecology, Geology (Earth Science), Physics (Physical Science), Nutrition and Health)

Behold and See 1: On the Farm with Josh and Hanna (CHC)

Living Science Books to Enhance Study

History:

Catholic Schoolhouse Tour 3 History

(Modern History)

The Story of Civilization: Vol 3 – The Making of the Modern World (TAN Books)

(Textbook/Audio book, Video Lecture Series, Activity/Text books)

Living History Books

Spanish:

Sing Song Spanish 1&2

Art/Music:

Memoria Press 1^st Grade Enrichment /Art Study

Weekly Piano Lesson

Peter (3/4 years old) – Preschool/Kindergarten

Mathematics

Little Folks’ Number Practice (CHC)

MCP Mathematics Level K

Religion

Catholic Mosaic Booklist and Activities

Who Am I? -Kindergarten (CHC)

Catechesis of the Good Shepard Level 1

English/ Phonics

Little Folks’ Letter Practice (CHC)

Brain Quest – Preschool

Reading

Before Five in a Row Booklist and Activities

My Book House: Story Time

The Adventures of Peter Cottontail

Aesop’s Fables for Children

Science

Behold & See K:  Exploring Nature with Stories, Activities, and Nature Walks

Art/Music

Catholic Icing - Catholic ABC's Crafts

Making Music Praying Twice

Memoria Press 1st Grade Enrichment /Art Study

Simon (1/2 year) - Tot School

Reading Stories, Cuddling, Playtime and hopefully taking a few naps so that we can have some time to focus on more structured lesson time!

Baby (Infant)

Cuddle time, Napping, Eating!

Advent week 2 -2018

Celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Juan Diego

We enjoyed celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Juan Diego this week by reading one of our favorite Tomie dePaola stories The Lady of Guadalupe and also making some yummy Mexican food!  

Visiting George W. Bush Train 

We were lucky that the train in memory of President George W. Bush stopped in our city this week.  It was nice to be able to take a little field trip to be a part of this special history!

Celebrating Connor's Baptism Anniversary

We love celebrating the baptism anniversaries of all of our children.  We bring out their baptism candles to light and say a special prayer and blessing.  They get to choose the dinner for the day and receive a small treat/present.

Advent week #2 was another great week!

Piano recital -2018

Music is a big part of our family culture and we are so blessed to have a wonderful Catholic piano and guitar teacher who comes to our home each week to teach our children.  This year was Luke's (5 years) first recital.  He was so nervous and so excited and did a simply fantastic job.  Ryan (8 years) and Connor (7 years) both played the guitar for the first time at this recital.  All three boys also played two songs individually and a trio on the piano.

First Week of Advent 2018

Advent is among us and we love continuing our family traditions . We have started our Jesse Tree and brought out our favorite Advent story books to read together.  Our boys all love to play songs on the piano and one of my favorite things to do is sit by the tree and listen to them play.

We've been trying to decorate our home more for Advent using the colors of Purple and Pink and also our Advent tree with Purple and Pink ornaments as well as ornaments of the Saints that we celebrate during Advent.  We also use a pregnant Mary figurine in our Nativity set that we have traveling with Joseph during Advent.

I love to try to slow down during this time of the year and enjoy the little things and each person!