Nance - 38, Wife, Homeschooling Mom, Bookworm, Writer, Field Tripper, List Maker, Planner, Chauffeur, Oak Meadow Enthusiast.
Melissa - 19, Attends Special Needs School/Life Skills Class, participates in Special Olympics sports (usually basketball and softball). Likes music, movies, shopping, and letter-writing.
Alexa - 10, Left public school toward the end of 3rd grade in March of 2009 and has been home since, homeschooling with Oak Meadow. Enjoys reading, arts and crafts, her Nintendo DS, bike riding, Girl Scouts, Judo, her book club and being with friends.
Ben - 5, Has never been to any outside school. We've been doing informal preschool to date and are starting Oak Meadow Kindergarten this fall. Enjoys computer, video and board games, silly jokes, playdough, soccer, teeball, rough-housing, and occasional cuddling and reading.
We are a secular/Jewish, relaxed/eclectic homeschooling family, living in Pennsylvania and thoroughly enjoying Life Without School!
CURRENT CURRICULUM/MATERIALS
This fall, Alexa will be using: Oak Meadow 6 Ancient Civilizations and English; Oak Meadow Basic Life Science; Story of the World Volume One, Ancient Times; Teaching Textbooks Math 6; Story Grammar for Elementary School; and Getting Started With Spanish (as she wants to try to learn Spanish). She will also be using kid's typing software and learning to cook using Rachael Ray's Cooking Rocks! cookbook.
Ben will be using the Oak Meadow Kindergarten curriculum and Funnix beginning reading lessons.
(So why does my blog say "Life Without School" if I use all this curriculum stuff? 1) Because Alexa used to go to public school and now she doesn't. And 2) Because I'm a pretty relaxed homeschooler. We do school around life, not life around school. And
3) Because we use a fun, hands on curriculum that isn't overly time consuming and isn't dry or textbookish, and we're always willing to drop it for the time being if something fun or interesting comes up.
MY ARTICLES, ESSAYS & RAMBLES:
The ABCs Of Relaxed Homeschooling
A Perfect Day
Affidavits, Objectives & Samples, Oh My!
A Kindergarten Dropout
Homeschooling, A Year Later
Preschool Or Not?
I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
A Day In The Life Of A New Homeschooler
Homeschool Poem
So, What Do You Do Every Day?
What About Socialization?
REVIEWS:
Funnix Beginning Reading Program Review
Growing, Growing Strong Review
Insect Lore Negative Review
Life of Fred Math Review
Little Passports Review
Oak Meadow Review
Sentence Composing For Elementary School Review
Story Of The World Review
Teaching Textbooks Math Review
Times Tales Review
BOOK LOGS
Alexa's Third Grade Book Log
Alexa's Fourth Grade Book Log
Alexa's Fifth Grade Book Log
Alexa's Sixth Grade Book Log
Ben's Pre-K Book Log
Ben's Kindergarten Book Log
SCHEDULE SAMPLES
Oak Meadow Kindergarten Schedule Sample, With Pics
Oak Meadow 4th Grade Schedule Sample, With Pics
Oak Meadow 5th Grade Schedule Sample, With Pics
Our 6th Grade Plans
Some Of Our Most Fun/Interesting Projects & Activities, Oak Meadow 5th Grade
USEFUL FORMS & THINGS
Homeschool Affidavit
Homeschool Objectives, Elementary Level
Homeschool Portfolio
Summary, To Include With Portfolio, Example 1
Summary, To Include With Portfolio, Example 2
Standardized Test Results
My Favorite Links
MISC:
How I Got My Daughter's Eczema Under Control!
Books Featuring Homeschooled Characters, Titles A-M
Books Featuring Homeschooled Characters, Titles N-Z
52 Books In 52 Weeks, Mom & Daughter Style, 2011
Homeschooling Quotes
Our Fresh Air Fund Experience
Funny Things Alexa Has Said
Funny Things Ben Has Said
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