5 Kids Later...

I've made a full circle back to the Lady of the House Diaries world. Now five kids later I'm excited to have a space in which I can share my experiences and journal my thoughts. Every now and then I refer to this space to remind myself of little details along the way in my homeschooling journey. 

At the start of this blog I was bedridden with my first child, a baby girl. After her I welcomed three handsome men into the world, and about 9 months ago I found myself bedridden again with another baby girl. You can only imagine the joy I had welcoming another little girl into the world. It was a faith journey from beginning to "new beginnings."

So many things have changed since my last post in my homeschool approach and I'm getting excited seeing it all unfold. 

New blog for homeschool reference

I started a homeschool blog with my best friend, most of the current activities and progress will be posted on the new blog.
Feel free to visit! :-)
Homeschoolbesties.blogspot.com

Completion of 4-early 5, before Kindergarten

Referring to this list has been extremely helpful. Here's a continuation of what was learned, these are the things I intend to repeat with my son.

1. Presidents and States
2. Complete Kindergarten math curriculum
3. Sentence (explain parts of)
4. Copy writing (emphasize spacing, three lines)
5. Paragraph (beginning, middle, end)
6. Parts of fiction story (characters, place, problem, solve)
7. Creative writing (story)
8. Phonics fast review/explain why
9. Science read a louds
10. Tell time to minute
11. Money (identify and counting)
12. Count by 2s, 5s, 10s, 1s)
13. Place value up to hundreds place
14. Counting groups
15. Build shapes with fun objects
16. Draw shapes
17. Polygons
18. Days of week fluent
19. Months of year fluent
20. Understanding number line (placement of numbers)
21. Write numbers left to right when prompted
22. Read numbers 1-100 left to right
23. Shape pattern activities
24. Understand add, get more
25. Understand subtract, take away
26. +0 facts
27. +1 facts
28. Double facts
29. In Caravans book
30. Answer questions (verbal comprehension)