We do a lot of stuff together. In the morning we have something called circle time. During this time we read the Bible, memorize scriptures, poetry and other information, and read a story out loud. We are memorizing Proverbs right now. We are just finishing up chapter 1. Our poems and stories come from the book: The Children's Book of Virtues. In the past we have memorized the books of the Bibles and the names of the disciples. Our Bible reading is in Matthew. I read a short passage and then the children draw a picture to illustrate it.
Most of the time in the afternoon before we rest we will do a Bible study together. Right now we are working through Kay Arthur's How to Study the Bible for Kids and Stormie Omartian's Power of a Praying Kid.
On Wednesday's we will read books on a certain subject together. In October we read books on fall. This month we are reading books about Thanksgiving. After that we will do a craft or as I said before color on pages from Dover's website.
At night we spend time doing either history with the Mystery of History volume 1 or science with Christian Kids Explore Biology. This involves reading books about the lesson for that week, doing any projects or experiments that go with it, and generally just soaking up all we can. Sometimes we will have a Latin lesson, but that' s been on the back burner a bit lately.
Another thing we do at night is read alouds. We read a different book every night. Right now we are reading Dangerous Journey, Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends and books/movies about Martin Luther. After that we read the Bible using Balancing the Sword and pray and the kids are off to bed!
We often do reading at night (for homeschooling)too.
ReplyDeleteYour homeschooling materials are lovely! We love the Mystery of History, too, but sometimes have a difficult time fitting it in during the day. What a great idea to read it together at night. The flexibility of homeschooling is amazing.
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