Not set in stone...is it ever, really? But, here are our plans for the 2011-2012 homeschool year; known in my head and in certain circles as
The Cliffs of Insanity Day Academy and St. Jenn's School for Exceptional Teens...
Amie age 9, Demi-Sky age 11, Teddy (bonus student) age 11 {together}
Bible: Possessing the Land (5th grade) Positive Action for Christ Curriculum
Sonlight History Core D intro to American History (was called Core 3) [History, Geography and literature]
Wordly Wise (vocabulary) Abeka cursive handwriting
Writing with Ease 2 by Susan Wise Bauer
R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey Chemistry level 1- Pandia Press
outside art class - 1 semester
Amie age 9 {her own studies}
*Math: Math-U-See Gamma level *Horizons Math *Mad Dog Math (multiplication)
MCT Grammar Island , Sentence Island, Practice Island, Music of the Spheres (poetry) etc.
Fiction reading cards-teacher created resources
Irish Dance class, Piano, art class
Demi age 11 {his studies}
*Math: Math-U-See Delta Level *Horizons Math
*The Harry Potter Series -outloud w/mom *The Mysterious Benedict Society w/mom
Fiction reading cards-teacher created resources
*Chinese -Rosetta Stone
martial arts, piano, art class MCT Grammar Island, Sentence Island, etc.
Teddy age 11 (auditory processing disorder, etc.) {his studies}
*Math: Math-U-See Delta Level *Horizons Math * Mad Dog Math (multiplication)
Fiction reading cards-teacher created resources
various reading books, phonics games Linda Mood Bell phonics workbooks w/tutor
MCT Language arts (Grammar Island, etc) *modern dance *art class
Josie age 14 Freshman, High school
Bible: Route 66-travel through the Bible (middle school) Positive Action for Christ Curriculum
Math: Math-U-See -Algebra I Switched on Schoolhouse H.S. English (minus essay assignments)
Switched on Schoolhouse HS Earth Science
Intro to Composition: Biola Star Program
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style Seminar Workbook Institute for Excellence in Writing Portable Wall Institute for Excellence in Writing Word Web Vocabulary Workbook Vol. 1 Sage Education Enterprises, Inc. 1692927004 The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare Yearling 978-0440495963 Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Yearling 978-0440942504 True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi Harper Collins College Division 978-0380714759 The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom Bantam Books 978-0553256697 Miracle Worker by William Gibson Scribner 978-1416590842 Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Fencing, Piano studies, Art
Meg age 16 High School Junior
Bible: Positive Action for Christ (high school) *haven't decided which book yet
Math-U-See Algebra II Rosetta Stone Russian
Biola Star Program:Biology
Biology: God's Living Creation, Student Text, 3rd Edition A Beka Catalog number 92878 Biology: Field/Laboratory Manual, 3rd Edition A Beka Catalog number 92932 Biology: God's Living Creation, Student Test Book, 3rd Edition A Beka Catalog number 163457 Biology: God's Living Creation, Student Quiz Book, 3rd Edition A Beka
Biola Star program: Torrey Academy
The Inklings class: (English composition/Literature/Humanities)
Brief Wadsworth Handbook, 6th Edition, 09 MLA Update Wadsworth Publishing 978-0495797524 How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth Gordon D. Fee & Douglas Stuart 978-0310246046 Genesis (ESV) (any publisher) --------------- Mere Christianity C. S. Lewis 978-0060652920 The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis 978-0060652951 Descent Into Hell Charles Williams 978-0802812209 Orthodoxy G.K. Chesterton 978-0385015363 The Weight of Glory† C. S. Lewis 978-0060653200 Letters to a Diminished Church† Dorothy L. Sayers 978-0849945267 The Inklings Coursepack, 2011 Edition Torrey Academy ** The Abolition of Man C. S. Lewis 978-0060652944 That Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis 978-0743234924 The Gospel of John (ESV) (any publisher) --------------- Gaudy Night* Dorothy L. Sayers 978-0061043499 Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold C. S. Lewis 978-0156904360 A Severe Mercy Sheldon Vanauken 978-0060688240 Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 978-0618640157 How to Read a Book Mortimer Adler & Charles Van Doren 978-0671212094
Irish dance, horse care/riding, Violin studies
