2 Down, 50 To Go!

Well, the first two weeks of our homeschool year are complete!

 

Did I mention my panic attack after our first day of school? 

 

Ok, so it was a minor attack. Nonetheless, it was a panic attack.

 

I realized several things...

 

- It was going to take me about 8 hrs to homeschool all three kids at the rate we were going.

8 hrs a day, 5 days a week. GULP!

 

- Guitar's science program wasn't going to work... the Solutions & Test Manual is no longer in print. The only one I've found is on Amazon, and the seller literally has a price tag of $599.00.  I emailed him to see if that was a typo... never heard back.

 

- I didn't have a science program for Chicklet. Nope, not a one.

 

- I can't find the 2nd year of Winston Grammar. GULP!

 

- Our Japanese program (Rosetta Stone) is an older version and we can't get it going.

 

- I was going to have to do spelling, writing, poetry, dictation/copy, grammar, and reading with  3 different people. At 3 different levels. GULP!

 

- The cool Latin program looked way more difficult than I thought it would be.

 

Sigh.

 

It took us 2 hrs to get through just Bible, math, and maybe reading?

 

Breathe.... I needed to breathe.

 

So I did. I bounced some ideas around.... went searching through boxes of curriculum I have hiding.  I found the Lifepac L. Arts 7th grade I had purchased at a used curriculum fair.  It seems to cover spelling, writing, poetry, grammar, and some reading. 

Sold.

 

Ordered a set for my 8th and my 11th grader.

 

Chicket seems to be doing well with the Lifepac L.Arts, so I purchased the Science for her too.

 

Pheeeew... I am breathing.

 

I ordered the schedule for the Latin program.  The book breaks the Latin down into units, into weekly assignments.  I scheduled their first week over 2 of our weeks, just to give us some 'breathing' room.

We got through their first week's schedule in one of our weeks.

 

Breathing a little easier now.

 

I ordered Guitar's Science on a cd. It's the full curriculum, just for the computer. We are awaiting it's arrival.  It has the Solutions & Tests on it as well.

 

Big, deep breath. Aaaahhh.

 

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We joined a new homeschool group this year...

 

next post will be from some of our gatherings.