Comments on: A Chosen Path http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/12/a-chosen-path/ life-long learners Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: lvbirders http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/12/a-chosen-path/#comment-1062 lvbirders Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:28:29 +0000 http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/12/a-chosen-path/#comment-1062 Christa, Thanks for visiting. Yes please do share a link to the post. That's why I blog. Maybe something we do will help another homeschooler in some way. I know I get some of my own come ideas from reading other homeschooling moms' blogs. As I mentioned in the post about the discipline/discovery, I read those terms from another mom and adapted them to our sutdies just as you are thinking of doing. Your own blog is wonderful. I loved your graphics! Christa,
Thanks for visiting. Yes please do share a link to the post. That’s why I blog. Maybe something we do will help another homeschooler in some way. I know I get some of my own come ideas from reading other homeschooling moms’ blogs. As I mentioned in the post about the discipline/discovery, I read those terms from another mom and adapted them to our sutdies just as you are thinking of doing. Your own blog is wonderful. I loved your graphics!

]]> By: Christa http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/12/a-chosen-path/#comment-1061 Christa Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:35:18 +0000 http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/12/a-chosen-path/#comment-1061 I love the discipline/discovery idea. We are only at first grade, but I think that this could apply! I am going to think on this and see how I can make it work even for us. Could I post a link to this on my blog? It is an awesome idea and I would love to share it. ~christa~ I love the discipline/discovery idea. We are only at first grade, but I think that this could apply! I am going to think on this and see how I can make it work even for us.

Could I post a link to this on my blog? It is an awesome idea and I would love to share it.

~christa~

]]> By: Finally…an update post | homeschooling adventures the wright way http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/12/a-chosen-path/#comment-1055 Finally…an update post | homeschooling adventures the wright way Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:04:59 +0000 http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/12/a-chosen-path/#comment-1055 [...] Our homeschool studies are going very well. Our Chosen Path is working out so well for both Josh and I. He is doing his “independent studies” (he prefered this name to scholar studies lol) after we have finished our discipline subjects (english, math and character/virtue). He read/studied about The Byzantine Empire with Constantine for World History and has now moved on to Russian History. For American History he is reading about the period of the 1960s as he is interested in the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis and JFK. For science I found this great biology site as Josh is contemplating studying Wildlife Biology in college. For english we are using an old Voyages to English textbook we had to further knowledge in grammar and diagramming. Math has been fun as each day he practices skills but we also add “living math” in the form of fiction books (right now we are reading The Phantom Tollbooth), bios, and life skills. For read aloud, we just finished, The Master Puppeteer by Katherine Paterson. What a fantastic book! Josh begged me each day to keep reading and thought I was an ogre to prolong it out to “savor” the story lol. Our character/virtue studies have been going so well I am glad I added them in. We are using The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennet as well as reading myths and Bible stories. We decided to study the Shakespeare play, Twelfth Night, as my daughter’s high school will be performing it this fall. After reading a retelling of it in our favorite book, Tales from Shakespeare by Tina Packer, we are really looking forward to seeing this play and anticipating the humor that is involved. [...] […] Our homeschool studies are going very well. Our Chosen Path is working out so well for both Josh and I. He is doing his “independent studies” (he prefered this name to scholar studies lol) after we have finished our discipline subjects (english, math and character/virtue). He read/studied about The Byzantine Empire with Constantine for World History and has now moved on to Russian History. For American History he is reading about the period of the 1960s as he is interested in the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis and JFK. For science I found this great biology site as Josh is contemplating studying Wildlife Biology in college. For english we are using an old Voyages to English textbook we had to further knowledge in grammar and diagramming. Math has been fun as each day he practices skills but we also add “living math” in the form of fiction books (right now we are reading The Phantom Tollbooth), bios, and life skills. For read aloud, we just finished, The Master Puppeteer by Katherine Paterson. What a fantastic book! Josh begged me each day to keep reading and thought I was an ogre to prolong it out to “savor” the story lol. Our character/virtue studies have been going so well I am glad I added them in. We are using The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennet as well as reading myths and Bible stories. We decided to study the Shakespeare play, Twelfth Night, as my daughter’s high school will be performing it this fall. After reading a retelling of it in our favorite book, Tales from Shakespeare by Tina Packer, we are really looking forward to seeing this play and anticipating the humor that is involved. […]

]]> By: lapazfarm http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/12/a-chosen-path/#comment-1047 lapazfarm Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:27:08 +0000 http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/12/a-chosen-path/#comment-1047 Good grief, I think I should spell-check my comments before I post them. Yes, I is a homeschool teachur. LOL! Good grief, I think I should spell-check my comments before I post them. Yes, I is a homeschool teachur. LOL!

]]> By: momof3feistykids http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/12/a-chosen-path/#comment-1045 momof3feistykids Sun, 13 Aug 2006 22:23:11 +0000 http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/12/a-chosen-path/#comment-1045 I am fascinated by the way you conceptualize your home schooling. This is terrific.:-) Thanks for your comment. I don't know the variety of the sunflowers Little Man planted. I think it's a common variety, which did well because we've been getting so much rain. I am fascinated by the way you conceptualize your home schooling. This is terrific.:-)

Thanks for your comment. I don’t know the variety of the sunflowers Little Man planted. I think it’s a common variety, which did well because we’ve been getting so much rain.

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