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Wrapping up the year.

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I am wrapping up our year in more ways than one.  As I prepare for the New Year I am preparing for our new school year.   We begin our school year with each new year.  (More on why in another post).  So in the next few weeks I will be sorting through what the children have done this year, and creating their portfolio.  ( I will show samples in another post).  I will be boxing up used curriculum for another child and another year and bring out the new curriculum.  Then we will set up their school planners and be ready to go come January 3, 2011.

What I do want to share with you is where I go first to get the books my kids will be reading and I find them for free.  Buying books for 6 children can quickly eat up your homeschool budget so after looking in our public library, I then go free online sources and ebooks.

Sheri at Graham Family Ministries put together a great post of many of the places I go for ebooks.  She also has some great ones I did not know about.  Check her post for yourself.

What’s on the Menu this week

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My week did not start out as I had planned.  I have some kind of  illness.  I see the doctor tomorrow to have me sorted out.  Last year I discovered I was gluten intolerant and I have a feeling my poor health now is food related.  But while I get things sorted out I am so thankful for my menus that I have printed and posted on the refrigerator door.  This morning Tobin was able to get breakfast going for the kids because I was very slow-moving this morning.  Well, enjoy this weeks menus.  I am sorry that I have not posted recipes with these.  I will get around to that soon.

What’s on the menu this week.

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We have changed internet providers and I had troubles with our internet all day.  This may go out very late Monday night or very early Tuesday morning.  But as I always find, it is best to have a plan to relieve stress and unnecessary expenses.

First I want to share a great review of a book I read a couple of years ago that I found very helpful.  The Simple Dollar reviewed the book by Steve and Annette Economides, Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half and gives a very concise synopsis of the book. I would highly recommend you check out the post and then check out the book from your local library.

So here is the first week of menus for the month of November.  When I have a page number at the end of a meal that number corresponds to the recipes in the book the Optimal Diet by Darlene Blaney and Dr. Hans Diehl.

 

Free resources

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I will be random today and share some neat and free resources I have found recently.

The Crafty classroom is a great site with some fun ideas for your classroom.  What I was excited about was their daily task cards.  Click on the logo below to go to that page.  I am currently revamping our schedule and I have been looking for something to make it easier for my non-readers (there are 4 of them) to be able to follow the schedule on their own.  These daily task cards will help.  We use the workbox system.  Click here to learn more about the workbox schooling method (system).

 

Head of the class is a fantastic free curriculum resource.  I find it very helpful because I put together my own curriculum from our favorite resources.  Head of the Class helps me make sure that I have covered everything for each grade level.  It has also served as a great spring board of ideas, especially for the preschool and kindergarten years.

Curriculum overview for the week of October 25-29, 2010

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What’s in the box for Alexis and Olivya

This is what Alexis and Olivya will be doing this week:

We are studying the letter E this week and focusing on the number 6.

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Letter E and the number 6 to put on the letter tree

Our Letter Tree

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Box 6

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Box 12

We do not do every box every day but these will be our twelve activities we will focus on this week.

What’s in the box for the Tot and Tiny Tot.

This is what Paul and Chi get to look forward to this week:  Our tot and tiny tot join in with what Alexis and Olivya are doing.  But they do have specific activities that are just for them that hopefully are fun, teaching new skills and increasing their attention spans (we are really working on that one with Chi)

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Box 2

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Box 6–  This week for bible we will focus on the story of Elijah.

 

What’s in the box for Samuel and Isaac?

I will post pics and descriptions of what they are working on later this week but I do what to show you the one new curriculum that we will be working of this week.

Both the boys have been struggling with their math facts.  So we will be taking a break from their regular math books and doing times tales this week.  We are all excited to start.