Jessie is good; mature, smart, responsible.
- Bible
- Private Prayer- Make sure she has a prayer journal if she wants one, and she might.
- Private Bible-Make sure she has a Bible and reading chart, 15 minutes/day.
- Foundations-working on this already. Should finish it this year.
- Together Proverbs- Own words
- Bible Story - Draw a picture, give a caption. Ideally, I would have any famous pictures plus a couple of children's Bible pictures of each story, but that's work I know I won't always get to.
- Memory Verse- copy into a notebook, practice each day
- Trivia/Catechism
- Language Arts
- Reading- Require to have a fun book going though that is not usually an issue (she always has her nose buried in a book).
- Penmanship- Finish self-made book.
- Typing- Learntyping.org, https://www.typingclub.com/typing-qwerty-en.html, or http://www.keybr.com/#!game Create an account and practice 15 minutes a week?
- Spelling-
- Copy rules (level 4) and new words to a 3x5 or notebook
- Play some games (including the one that alphabetizes and the one that identifies the parts of speech)
- Either test with me or let the program test.
- Grammar-Jess is doing EG5 now, and won't finish until the end of the year. Could go on to Ultimate gr 10 by age $26.95. Or just get DG6 ($13.95) and call it even.
- Composition-Honestly, what we are doing is fine. Writing on blogs daily. May add weekly assignments ("What I did this weekend" on Monday, comment on the news on Tuesday, etc.) but probably not.
- Poetry- Same o. Maybe require to write some?
- Modern (Spanish)- Duolingo. Already has account.
- Classical (Latin) - English from the roots Up (I have. Would have her copy each root onto a 3x5 and include in spelling.) supplemented by the Latin web site http://headventureland.com/moodle/course/view.php?id=20
- Alternative Languages (Signs, Morse Code)
- Math- doing 6th now CTC
- Mental- Saxon The only thing I like more about Saxon is the mental math at the beginning of each lesson. So we are doing that part, one lesson a day.
- Logic - Games/links on AllInOneHomeschool.com/thinking minimum of 15 minutes a week, Mind Benders, Fallacy Detective, Thinking Toolbox, Youtube classes. Have Logic Primer.
- Computer-Easy Peasy has links to some good lesson from using Microsogt Office to HTML programing. 1 lesson a week.
- Social Studies- I think I will just require everyone to be reading or researching something in this category at all times. This allows everyone to pursue their own particular interests.
- World History- already doing SOTW
- US History- abeka
- Economics- Biblical economics in comics
- Geography- games on the internet or phone.
- Science- other than the notes below, require each to be studying something.
- Health and Nutrition- Edit Masterpiece with an eye towards making a child's book, emailing each bit as I do it to them?
- Astronomy- Weekly, Wednesday night lessons?
- Art- Goal would be to understand the connection between art and religion. Also that they would be able to express themselves and communicate in picture/drawing.
- Appreciation/history- Easy Peasy? "How Then Should We Live" is good for art history
- Drawing- Drawing textbook each year.
- Painting
- Sculpting
- Crafts- is already good at crocheting and making dolls.
- Music- Goal is to be able to play piano, guitar (or other string), and recorder (or other wind) in church. To have enough basics to be able to learn anything they want later.
- Appreciation/history- Easy Peasy? "God's Gift of Music"
- Theory/reading- Already knows how to read music and needs practice. Probably ready for theory book.
- Voice-iPhone app- blobs.
- Piano- Doing fine. Just needs better monitoring.
- String- JD guitar for worship book plus ditto above. Could use Fake books, actually.
- Wind- I can teach recorder, need a better book. Ditto the fake books.doing ok, though.
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