First Day of Fifth Grade

I realize I am super late on this post but I guess I've forgotten about my blog a bit. Jojo also started his first day of school on August 18 as a fifth grader! I can't believe it, time is just flying by.

Jojo loves going to PSP on Fridays at church. He has made some great friends and is doing real well. His classes include Writing, Math Games, Art, and Science. There is also chapel time with singing and a sermon.

He has quite a heavy load of schoolwork this year but he is being a real trooper and working into the afternoon to get all his work finished. His subjects include:

MATH : Saxon 6/5
SCIENCE : Apologia Land Animals and Science at the Y
PHONICS : Phonics Pathways
BIBLE : AWANA T&T Handbook #2
SPELLING : Natural Speller
READING : He reads various books, he's currently reading Lassie, Come Home.
HANDWRITING : He's working on a cursive workbook
GRAMMAR : Daily Grams
GUITAR : Lessons with dad
SOCIAL STUDIES : Rod and Staff's Understanding Our Community
P.E. : P.E. at the Y
ART : Art class at PSP
WRITING : IEW's All Things Fun and Fascinating

It's shaping out to be a full year but a fun one!

First Day of Second Grade

August 18 marked our first day of school and Nathan's first day of second grade. We continue to homeschool but this year we joined our church's homeschool private satellite program. The boys attend classes on the campus of our church every Friday. So far we all love it. While the boys are learning I get to take part in a "mom's time". We basically have a 4 day school schedule at home, which makes our days a little longer than what we were used to but so far it's going well.

Nathan thought 2nd grade would be really hard but so far he says it's pretty easy! He's also enjoying homeschool P.E. and Science at our local YMCA. Thursdays he takes tumbling classes at the YMCA also.

It's going to be a busy year but we are all looking forward to it.  Lately I've been asked a lot about  our curriculum so I thought I'd post it!

MATH: Saxon 2
SCIENCE: Class at PSP and the YMCA
PHONICS: Explode the Code 5 and Phonics Pathways
BIBLE: Sparks AWANA handbook
SPELLING: Natural Speller
READING: He reads various books each week depending on what he is studying
HANDWRITING: Writing With Prayer
GRAMMAR: First Language Lessons
GUITAR: Lessons with daddy
SOCIAL STUDIES: Rod and Staff's Understanding Our Community
P.E.:  Classes at the YMCA

The best thing about homeschooling is that if something is not working out then you have the freedom to make some changes! So far it all seems like a great fit.

Water Fight Party

We celebrated Jojo's  birthday with a Water Fight Party! It was our first "party" in America. Thankfully it was a big hit and Jojo and his friends had a fun time.

The party started off with a good old water gun fight.

We also played some water games.

We also had a slip n' slide. Some of the boys got real competitive.

The boys were hungry and enjoyed some pizza.

Of course it's not a party without cake!

Such a fun group of boys! So thankful for them all.