Homeschooling for His Glory

This is going to be more like a monthly wrap-up given that it has almost been that long since my last post. Well, this month we have: Done Math. I am very thankful for Math on the Level as I do not feel pressured to finish a book within a certain time frame. My goal this year was to catch up my 6 year old, who was advanced in Math, to my 8 year old who is at grade 3 level. This past month, he mastered Subtraction with regrouping and is on his way to mastering multiplication with one digit and 2 digits. Goal almost accomplished, there is still division and graph to tackle. Meanwhile Zach has been practicing these skills as well as doing some problem solving. Somehow, through our crew items, he was able to advanced through his concepts to include a bit of decimals, geometry and rounding. Done Grammar with Grammar Island practice sentences. My youngest really loves doing those. He only does the first level analysis, but that is good for now. The next step is to tackle subjec...

What is K5 Learning ? K5 Learning is an online Math and Reading program for kindergarden to Grade 5 .  "Our intent is to help kids build reading, math and study skills through independent study.  K5 is designed for use at home, after-school, on weekends and during the summer, and can also be used in conjunction with a homeschooling program." " The system automatically chooses lessons for students (based on their assessment and past lessons), tracks student progress and provides reports for parents. " K5 Learning contains over 3000 animated lessons and activities that cover: Reading Lessons Math Lessons Math Facts Spelling   and vocabulary practice and test K5 Learning's value lies on its attempt to match the program to each child that uses it. The way this is done is by having the child take an online reading assessment test before he begins, as well as an assessment test in Math. These assessments focus on 8 key reading and math ski...

This week I am going to go over our homeschooling over the past 2 weeks in 7 quick takes and photos: 1.   Besides our regular subjects such as Math, English, Handwriting and History the boys have been doing lots of Art and creations.   In the creative spirit, Zach likes to create TV shows of which he is the host. In the past he has had shows on a family of bears called " Bear Saga ", wether and news report shows, and recently he has added a Math show and a Science show called "What is Science all About". He uses my Playbook to film himself (or Jojo or I have to actually film it for him). It needs a lot of editing for me to post it here (lots of dead space, as he thinks it through in the show itself.) 2.   Science Experiments. Last Saturday we spent some time doing some exploding creations Video would not upload. 3.   Zoo Trip. It was a lot of fun to see the new cub at our Toronto Zoo. 4. Family day was ...