Tuesday, April 13, 2010

How we school:

We are independent homeschoolers which means that we are registered with our local school board. It is free of charge and the only thing that we have to do every year is to turn in the Intent to Homeschool sheet and at the end of the year our attendence sheet.

We normally start around the 3rd week in July and end in April. We take off a week and a half for Christmas. We also take off Halloween and New Years Day.

Since I have 3 kids to homeschool (6th, 5th, and 2nd), I have created binders to put all of the worksheets that I use in them, so that way I will have them for the next child when they need it. We recycle all of the papers that we use by shredding them and adding the shredded paper to our garden or our bean bag.

We got an old office from our local Goodwill for $30. It is made of wood and has drawers where we keep our supplies in.
Also 90% of the books that we use I get through Amazon because some of the survey companies that I am a member of, I cash out for Amazon dollars and buy books and supplies that we need.

Our homeschool area is setup in our dining room area, in the corner. I snapped some pics to show our work center.













Sunday, April 11, 2010

The Preamble - School House Rock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNb9AoY5XXE&feature=related

How a Bill becomes Law:

http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Educational/Bill_Becomes_Law/Bill_Becomes_Law.cfm

http://www.votesmart.org/resource_govt101_02.php

School House Rock video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEJL2Uuv-oQ

Homeschool Tracker

I downloaded a program called the Homeschool Tracker to keep track of the days that we school and save time creating lesson plans.

http://www.homeschooltracker.com/

They have a pay version and a free basic version. I downloaded the basic version. When you download it you will also need Winzip which is also a free download program in order to open the homeschool tracker program. www.winzip.com

What is Friction?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/friction/read1.shtml

Forces in action

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/forces_action/play.shtml

Friction Game