Our homeschool notebook: My Weekly Notebook: Week 37

Saturday, September 16, 2023

My Weekly Notebook: Week 37

Life this week...

It was a week of making plans and ordering curriculum for the new school year. This is the best part of the new school year. Everything is so exciting and starting fresh gives us a good start. Look for a post about our curriculum for the '23-'24 school year coming soon.

Homeschool this week...

We have been using this math book for a supplement for a few years now so it's not getting used very fast, but I noticed this week looking at it that it's about halfway through. I love to see well used books like this in our homeschool. This particular one I found it easier just to tear the pages out and put them in a binder as he works on them. This week he is doing the assessment for lessons 1-28.

The Good and the Beautiful Math 5 book

Sometimes our books look like they've been through the ringer. Love it when they look well used!

Mom-school this week...

Not a lot of time for Mom-school this week as I've been getting our new school year organized and going. I am thinking about starting up Mission Driven Mom again. We'll see.

Helpful homeschool tips and advice to share...

If you're looking for good books to read for all ages I have been loving Everyday Reading dot com. She has some great lists and posts about reading.

Places we're going and people we're seeing...

We started classes at Village Home (a local-ish homeschool resource center with various in-person class offerings). Alex is taking a science STEM wizards class, a teen meet-up class, a 3D art class, and a strategy game class. He seemed to enjoy the first week of classes as he told me about them.

Things I'm working on...

I decided to rebuild my Harry Potter LEGO castle. It has been a tough job as all the pieces are in one big pile. It takes so long to find pieces, but I'm persevering and hoping to have it built by October 1. I want to decorate it for Halloween. Oh and I'm also watching the movies while building.

Random things the kids worked on...

Alex took on a dog sitting job for the whole week. He was so tired by Friday (his last day), but he did awesome. Mid-week he wanted to buy a ball throwing thing for dogs so it would be easier on his arm. He says it made a huge difference in how hard he had to throw. So, now he has this ball thingy for anytime he dog sits the neighbors dog.

This is Alex's paper art project from his 3D art class. He says he doesn't know what it is, he just made something. So glad he at least gave it a good try.

Something I accomplished...

I accomplished a whole lot of planning and thought about school this year. I have to make what's called an ILP (individual learning plan) for each of my kids for the charter school. It's a lot of work getting things laid out in those, but I really love doing them. It gives me a vision and goals for the school year. So yes, that's my accomplishment for the week.

What we're reading...

Not a lot of reading right now. I posted on Monday how we were reading some books about Sept. 11. That's about all the reading we got done this week.

Movies/TV we watched...

We have watched the first 2 Harry Potter movies so far for our Harry Potter movie marathon. I was hoping to watch them all this weekend, but we just aren't wanting to sit that much. Our "marathon" might last through the week.

Outdoor time...

We went on a nature walk on Monday with our newly started nature group. It was nice. We found this fun stick and named him "stick man."

Games we played...

We got a few new ones this week with our curriculum orders and Alex has been obsessed with playing them. The first is Pop Darts. This is a fun physical game where you throw the pop darts and score points.

The other game is this one called Quoridor. It's a fun little game where you have to block your opponent from getting to the other side using the wooden planks. Reminds me a little bit of chess but with just one character.