Week 2 at the Morrisons

We managed to get through our second week of homeschooling despite some crazy days. We didn't have school Monday. I took my mother in law to the doctors and then she ended up having to be hospitalized due to a severe infection that resulted in her contracting MRSA. I spent most of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at home with the kids getting things ready for the weekend. Today I spent the day running errands and cleaning so that tomorrow on my birthday I can lay around and be lazy (although I know myself that will probably not happen).

I managed to track down the instructors guide for Jordans math at a local store for much cheaper than the website I was going to buy it at. I also found the science instructors guide on ebay for over 1/2 of what I was going to pay on the website. I also found a timeline book for cheap. This makes me very happy. Now all I have to do is buy the history instructors guide and we'll be good to go. In the mean time Jordan and I have been watching lots of documentaries on Netflix as a supplement until I have all the history books.

All in all things have been going pretty good. Jordan seems to be enjoying what we're learning and I think its going to be a good year. The next few weeks will be crazy around here. My sister will be in town as will my grandmother. I'm planning a field trip to the zoo for Jordan. It will be the first time we go and I have him take notes and then write about it when we come home. I am looking forward to my grandmother being here. I have a project on Grandparents that I think will be good for Jordan to do and learn about. We also have Emma's first birthday to plan and my 5 year anniversary with my husband. At the end of the month we'll be attending the Tulsa State Fair. I plan on trying to go at least one day during the day so that we can really see everything and then I think I'm going to have Jordan write a story about it.

So that's week two here at Morrison Homeschool. Ill keep everyone posted, those that are interested anyway.

Morrison Homeschool: First week

These are the students of Morrison Homeschool. Jordan, Conor and Emma. Jordan is really the only one doing any kind of what you would call traditional school but Conor and Emma learn just the same. We just completed our first week of school. Jordan is in the 4th grade this year. Right now we've been doing math, English and we've been watching America the Story of Us for history. We watch and I take notes and then I ask him questions to see if hes been paying attention. I have science curriculum but I need the teachers guide to get going. I also have history curriculum to start but again I need the teachers guide. So in the mean time I'm coming up with other things we can do to fill the time while I'm waiting to get the other stuff.

Here's what the schedule looks like so far:
7:30  get up
8:00  have breakfast
9:00  start school
   Bible
   math
   English
   America Story of Us
   reading time
12:00  lunch
Then pretty much free time until dinner while I do housework. Its really loose right now until I get the rest of our books. But then again things here are pretty laid back anyway.

I have decided that year round school might be best for Jordan because I think he loses to much information in the long summer break. So we'll have 6 weeks of school then break for a week off at Halloween. During that week we will study the history of Halloween and do crafts and stuff. Then we'll have school until Thanksgiving and take a week off for Thanksgiving and study the history of Thanksgiving and makes crafts for that as well. Then we'll have school until Christmas and then take a week off for Christmas and study the birth of Christ and the history of Christmas and make crafts for that too.

That's about as far as I have gotten as far as scheduling goes. I'm trying to take it one day at a time. Otherwise I'm afraid Ill get overwhelmed.  Jordan is doing really well with his school work so far. I am optimistic that this year will be a good one.

This is only the beginning of what I think will be a long journey. I have high hopes that we will be able to continue with this journey as I feel it fits us well. Of course only God knows what the future holds.