Homeschool update

Here's what the girls are doing most school days--

Dd11:

- Story of the World – mom reads a lesson aloud

- Warriner's Grammar - 1 exercise (often done verbally to Mom)

- Spelling Workout - 1 p

- Ivanhoe (read 5 p)

- Copywork (5 lines of Ivanhoe)

- Memorization: “Verily! Allah does not like arrogance.”

            — Koran 31:18

- Outline 2 paragraphs from World Book: “Abu Bakr”

- Math – 2 p (She is working on-level in math now. Last year, she was behind, but she caught up over the summer. She usually misses 0-2 problems per lesson and can correct them when shown the error.)

- Religion – ½ p

- German Study – 2 p Tierisch Lyrisch w/ 2 words looked up

- Latin Study (2 columns from Artes Latinae)

- Music Practice (7 minutes, 2 instruments)

- PE/Tabata

- Astronomy pictures – 1 p

Dd8:

- Story of the World – mom reads a lesson aloud

- First Language Lessons – 1 lesson

- Reading from language arts textbook & narration to Mom (last story was about Roald Amundsen, the polar explorer)

- Math – 2 p (She is working one grade-level ahead. She could go faster but prefers not to.)

- Religion – ½ p

- German Study – 1 p Teddybär Geschichten w/ 1 word looked up

- Spelling – 1 p

- Music Practice (6 minutes, 2 instruments)

- PE/Tabata

- Astronomy pictures – 1 p

Dd5:

- Story of the World – mom reads a lesson aloud

- Reading lesson

- Practice printing 1 letter

- Math – 2 p

- Religion – 1 verse Book of Mormon

- German study – a bit of the German workbook obtained from the mother of our German exchange student

- Music Practice (3 minutes, 1 instrument)

- PE/Tabata

Fridays often include logic, typing, and astronomy lessons with the occasional field trip.

The oldest two can read, so they often work independently. Everybody usually finishes everything within 3.5 hours. They're making steady progress and still have time for all kinds of enrichment, socialization, and the amusements of children. Things are basically going well.