A Bit of Catch-Up

Plans. I had big grand plans for keeping those of you out there updated and informed on what we are doing here at Mars Hall Legacy Academy. However, life got in the way of those plans. At first we got busy with how much fun we were having and then daddy ended up getting sick and had to spend a few days in the hospital. That meant that I was there with him and the kiddos got to spend a few days with a great friend. So we have already had our first big break for the year.

But we are all home now and ready to get back into the swing of things. So without further ado here is an overview of what we will be doing this week.

Kindergarten

Arielle has finished the Creation unit and we are moving on to the letter units. The first letter we will be learning is "Ss" 

This week is all about the sun.

Bible: "Jesus is the Light of the World"  John 8:12; Psalm 119: 105

Math: #1 and Intro to the number line

Science: Sun

Language Arts: Continuing ABC song, learning the S sound

Extra: Gymnastics on Friday. They have been doing an Olympic themed session so this week the parents get to come on to the floor to watch the kids do a routine.

1st Grade

I am working on tweaking a bit of how we are using this curriculum so it has been slow going getting in a routine but I think we might finally have it all sorted out. 

Bible:  This week we are continuing the life and ministry of Jesus.

Math: Skip counting, ordinal numbers and number words

Science: Bones and the digestive system

History: Ancient Egypt continued

Language Arts: For the first half of the year we will be following the "Learn to Read" lessons so that Dart can get a better grasp on his reading before jumping into the chapter books in the lessons. So this week in language arts we are doing some blending sounds and sight word reviews continued. 

Extras:Gymnastics continues every Friday as well.


Getting back into the routine after a long break is never easy but we are all excited to get back to learning and enjoying our school time!  I can't wait to share with you what we have done at the end of the week. 

Its that time of year again

Well, here we are. Just one week away from starting a new school year.

This year we have made the decision to start Arielle in Kindergarten even though she is only 4. She is so beyond ready to start school and she could really use something to be doing with her day.

Dartanion will be starting 1st grade.

While searching for what curriculum I would be using I happened to stumble upon an online homeschool program. It is a Christian based education with Bible built in as one of the core subjects. A lot of it has an online component but I am working to modify it to be as offline as possible. There have been some that say it can't be done but they haven't met me yet! HA!

You can see more of that curriculum here at Easy Peasy All in One HomeSchool

Arielle will be going through the My Father's World Kindergarten program that Dartanion just finished. We had a lot of fun with this program last year and I am looking forward to going through it again with her.

Now that both kids are going to be "in school" I am going to be using this little corner of the internet to keep tabs on what the kids are doing. This will be the place where grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, and anyone else who wants to follow along will be able to see what we are learning and what fun activities we have going on.

My plan as of right now is to update every Sunday evening and Friday afternoon.

Sunday will be our weekly intro. I will share what we will be studying in each subject and any fun activities we have planned.

Friday will be our weekly wrap up. I will talk about any details we might have missed in our weekly intro as well as fun projects or activities we did in regards to the lessons.

I am hoping that this will be somewhat picture heavy since I want to capture the neat activities that the kids will do as they learn and grow.

I hope that you will enjoy this school year with us!

Keep an eye out on Sunday as I introduce the first week of school's lessons and activities!