Maths The older ones will be continuing with Conquer Maths. T13 has only got four more topics until he will be studying for his IGCSE maths. The girls are also working at their level, finding some topics harder than others. I am, nonetheless, very happy with the progress they are all making. Bible We are…
Category: School Plans 2014-2015
Incorporating Unschooling into a Project Based School
So, with the help of the children, I have chosen all our curriculum and am continuing to pursue project based learning whenever I can. Yet everything which pulls me towards unschooling is still pulling, whilst everything in me which rejects unschooling is still rejecting it. What's a girl to do? A while ago I read…
2014-2015 School Year: Science
I always maintain science is our weakest area in our little homeschool. I am so pleased I keep a blog because to my surprise, when I looked over the past year, I found we had done a reasonable amount! Over the past year we have done some Incr-Edible science (self penned food science), Spar-Klean science…
2014-2015 School Year: History – The Renaissance and Explorer’s Age
The one part of our school which everybody loves and yet I had forgotten to post on was our planned history studies for next year. I am very excited about our history plans. They are a rather wonderful concoction of curriculum, unit studies and project based learning, in fact it really is just a continuation…
Financial Studies for the 2014-2015 School Year
This was one topic all three older ones wanted as an elective. The younger two are just starting to show an interest with A6 methodically counting her money over and over again. I wasn't sure I would be able to find something that would be suitable for all ages from 12 down to 3, so…
T12’s Electives For the 2014-15 school Year
T12 is by far my most studious child. Whilst he hates writing with a passion he truly loves to learn, and because of this is highly self motivated. He would love to unschool and I suspect would thrive quite well learning independently anything that caught his interest. However, he is certain he wants to go…
L11’s Electives for the 2014-2015 School Year
L11 is my calmer twin, who essentially takes after my mum. She likes things to be just so and adores being in a strict routine. She does not enjoy having her routine changed. That said she is much better than she used to be and, with A6, is probably my most easy-going child. L11 likes…
C11’s Electives For the 2014-2015 School Year
C11 is my vivacious, very quirky twin. She is a lovely mixture of both Gary and myself. She has her head permanently in the clouds (me), enjoys anything which includes yarn and material (me), is very musical with a really beautiful voice (Gary) and is really wonderful with young children, especially her little siblings who…
Our 2015 One Year Nature Study Plans
During 2013 and the beginning of 2014 we spent a whole 12 months carrying out a pond study. It was a huge success and we found it so useful to be able to compare our pond from month to month; we also got to know the bird life so well they became like friends: We…
2014-2015 School Year: 11-13 year olds – The Three R’s
Before Christmas: End of 2014 This side of Christmas we will be finishing off our study of the Ojibwe Nation. So far we are enjoying the very comfortable route of typical Angelicscalliwags Homeschool. We all really love how we naturally school: The main problem is that I don't have the same amount of time to school…
2014-2015 School Year – Dr Seuss School
Using a Different Theme Each Year Although I tend to keep the younger girls basic schooling (reading, writing and maths) as simple as possible, requiring little more from me than opening a book at the correct page, the rest of their day I try to make themed. For example, the first year I started teaching…
2014-2015 School Year: 5/6 Year Old Schedule
Right now we are all working together for our Native American unit study but after Christmas things will be changing a bit as I move into using more curriculum than I ever have before. The schedule described below is the schedule I will be using from January onwards, although some of it is in place…
2014-2015 School Year: 3/4 yr old Schedule
Right now we are all working together for our Native American unit study but after Christmas things will be changing a bit as I move into using more curriculum than I ever have before. The schedule described below is the schedule I will be using from January onwards, although some of it is in place…