Journal of a Busy Mom

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Homeschool Weekly: I Did the Unthinkable

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I did the unthinkable…….

I took a day off to clean!

My daughter’s room looked like a tornado hit, my son’s room was littered with millions of little soldiers, and I needed to clean the bathroom, playroom etc. So I took a day off (gasp) to clean.

I told my kids that today was a cleaning day. My daughter does better doing a big day of cleaning. She does a really good job! She had incentive since she is getting a new Loft bed. My son gripped the whole time but we got so many old toys out of the playroom and his room.

One thing that really helps us out when we do these big clean ups, is these bins:

IMG_4318We got them from The Fly Lady Shop. I have used laundry baskets with paper labels too.

I put them outside their doors and we chuck things into the bins. I love them.

I got a chance to do some of own cleaning, but not as much since I had to help my son (he’s not so motivated).

I think I need to do this every other month and just plan them into our schedule. Hey this is Home Economics! I can still count it as a day of school! Hurray!

 
Ligia

Weekly Wrap-Up

High School Courses-10th Grade

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I shared a while back that my daughter had started some 9th grade classes in 8th grade and was trying to complete a handful more high school courses over summer. Right now she is still working on finishing some of those courses. So she is technically doing 9th and 10th because along with those courses she has started her other course load.

So here is what she is working on right now:

Finishing The Classics Literature Class from Currclick (hopefully by end of the month)

Study Skills-is actually going to be a course I spread out over the 4 years. She did a course online called Study Skills and Notetaking over the summer.

Adding on:

Algebra- Math U See (still working on Algebra. We dumped the PACE and are now trying this!)

Exploring American Government-Notgrass and a co-op class

Biology-Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Biology and a co-op class

Creative Writing-Landry Academy online

Spanish 2-Spanish Now! Level 1 and Spanish Now! Level 2. My goal is for her to be ready to take the CLEP in the summer.

Bible- Daniel and Revelations through our CBS class (Community Bible Study)

Her electives:

Cooking-I am using the Betty Crocker cookbook and a few other things to create a 3 unit cooking module that will be paired with Sewing, Vehicle Care and Maintenance, Home Care and Maintenance, and Building Relationships to complete a 10 unit Home Economics Class.

See the Light– She chose two DVDs from See the Light to complete this year. They are: Tiffany Window and Dreams of Joseph.

Public Speaking- we are doing a co-op class for Speech and Debate.

Drama-in a co-op setting,this is her second year.

Piano-this is her 5-6th year!

Guitar-started in April

So this little cookie is busy!