In my last post I talked about how I wanted to homeschool for free. Well, that was a difficult task. I decided to buy a few workbooks for the 3 R's - reading, 'riting & 'rithmatic. Everything else I am using free resources.
Thankfully our first week back was a short week. We started back Tuesday, September 3. Everyone was excited. I made them pancakes for breakfast to help ring in the new school year. Even the dog behaved. Usually, he whines and whimpers for their attention. He sat quietly until they showed him some love.
I tried a new subject - current events. I wanted to pull articles for International, National and Local news. I decided to use a country they were not familiar with but would be interested in. I chose Delhi. All summer, my kids have been watching a movie called Delhi Safari on Netflix. I figured it would be a great tie-in. While they enjoyed seeing some of the places (Parliament) in real life photos, the lesson took too long. They enjoyed coloring the flag, looking at the money and talking about the people, food and neighborhoods.
We did everything else on plan with a little push back and laziness. It was expected so it didn't upset me too much. It was a great start and we are moving forward in to the second week of school.
Great to hear that Missions Academy has had nice start. Hoping the rest of your week is just as great!
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DeleteGlad to hear your week is going great. For current events we do CNN Student News the video is about 10 minutes and they have daily question you can print. The way that they cover the news is very kid friendly.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this suggestion. We have been using it for the last couple weeks. My 6th grader really enjoys it. He feels very grown up now. lol
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