St. John Bosco Academy: 7 Vignettes

Friday, February 6, 2009

7 Vignettes - week of 2/1-2/7/09

This week I have abandoned this blog for facebook. I have discovered that I like interaction with others which yahoo and facebook do a lot better than my little ole blog here. But I like this blog because it helps me journal what's going on in our home.

Hannah had a great time visiting the University of Dallas and now she is in the throes of applying there.
Rick, Hannah, Will and Josh are studying about Samuel Gompers in their Economics class which got us all interested in learning about him, John Brophy and the history of the labor movement. Very interesting stuff!
Will got interviewed by the voice department person at Levine and we are waiting to see if we get a voice teacher for him. I talked with a couple of the folks there about how to get into college if one wants to major in music, as Will appears to.
Will is giving his Led Zeppelin concert tonight and tomorrow. Hope it all goes well!
Rick had been reading the first volume in the Prydain Chronicles, The Book of Three to Becky and Sean. They are enjoying it! I loved those books!
Becky and Sean have been playing so well together this week. Big elaborate games of make believe.
Josh is a Maple Story champ!

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Leonie said...: I like blogging and facebook - they serve different purposes for me and kind of complement each other... See you over on FB...; February 7, 2009 at 4:06 AM

Some of Our Current Tools for Learning

3rd/4th Grade - Faith and Life and Baltimore Catechism, Harcourt Science, Saxon 5/4, Starting Latin, Song School Greek, Story of the World cds, MCP Phonics, Writing with Ease, reading practice with Mom, Winston Grammar, Map Skills, lots of great read alouds, art class
6th Grade - Faith and Life and Baltimore Catechism, Harcourt Science, Saxon 7/6, Latin for Children B, Song School Greek, Discovering Music, MCP Word Study, Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, Sadlier-Oxford Writing Workshop, Rex Barks, Diagramming Sentences Made Easy, Map Skills, Kolbe's Middle School Literature plans, art class
10th Grade - Catholic Life Community, A Beka Biology, Saxon Algebra II and Jacobs Geometry, New First Steps in Latin/Lingua Latina, The History of the Church, St. Augustine's Confessions, Augustine Came to Kent, William the Conqueror by Belloc, Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot, St. Francis of Assisi by Chesterton, The Quiet Light by de Wohl, Dante's Inferno, Joan of Arc by Mark Twain, Lepanto by Chesterton, Hamlet by Shakespeare

A Brief Introduction

My husband, Rick and I have been married for almost 22 years. We are Catholic (well, Rick is Jewish!) and love living the homeschooling lifestyle. The kids have all been diagnosed with LDs when it comes to reading and writing. These turned out to simply mean we bloom a little later than other kids do in these subjects. No big deal. But I am a big fan of vision therapy as it has helped my kids so much!

We've been pretty relaxed these past few years, most relaxed in the youngest years and gradually getting more formal as we enter high school and design our own college prep plans. This year we are starting out more formal for 6th grade. My son has expressed a desire to go to school next year in 7th grade. So to help prepare him for that he wanted to to enroll in Kolbe's homeschool program to get used to taking tests, writing more and keeping a tighter schedule. The 4th grader is following suit, just because they are used to doing much the same thing each day.

My 15 yo wants to go to college and is interested in the fields of economics, business and finance, computers and game design.

I have graduated two children from homeschool already! My oldest daughter, 19, is starting her second year at the University of Dallas, majoring in Politics. My oldest son, 18, plans to study and take CLEP tests using CollegePlus, find a parttime job, and practice and prepare for his winter audition for a music conservatory. He aspires to be a composer and performer.

So we are down to homeschooling three kids this year, 2010-2011 - a 10th grader, a 6th grader and a 3rd/4th grader. This will be our 14th year of homeschooling!

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Friday, February 6, 2009

7 Vignettes - week of 2/1-2/7/09

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