Prepping for the new school year

We've moved, we've unpacked... some... lol As I expected, the closing & the move didn't happen quite as planned. Let's just say the hubs & I learned a LOT about waiting on God's timing. I also learned to take a much closer look at the inside of kitchen cabinets before buying any other houses. Gross!!

This year's school planning went a lot easier than I had expected. The school year will be set, as always, by the longest math curriculum. That's Jimmy's grade 3 ABEKA math - 170 lessons.

Jimmy's lessons: math, spelling (daily with weekly quizzes), journal writing, and reading assignments. He'll also have memory work: grammar (parts of speech, punctuation, etc), history (Veritas Press cards for the Middle Ages, Renaissance, & Reformation), science (Classical Conversations cards for Ecology, Astronomy, & Physics), Bible (catechism Q&A for the Lord's Prayer and/or 10 Commandments), geography (South America), & US presidents (a repeat from last year). I might throw in some German as well, since it doesn't look like we'll be going to a German language class this year.

Caleb's lessons: math, handwriting (copywork), journal "writing" (mostly making pictures), and reading aloud (various books at his reading level from the library or our own collection). Caleb's memory work will have some catechism Q&A & possibly some German as well. Depending on his attention span, I might add him to some of Jimmy's memory work.

"Together" lessons: These are the lessons we all do together. We'll do Bible all year; I'm planning on finishing Psalms from last year & going through Proverbs. I'm going to wing it instead of making a formal plan, because a plan tends to make me rush through this most critical subject. We'll split the rest of the year between Five in a Row volume 3 (we didn't get through much this summer, and I decided to let the boys have a summer off), science (Physics level Pre-I), and history (Story of the World part 2). The boys will also both update their calendars every day.

So this reminds me... I need a map of South America!!