Your BEST Homeschool

The art and heart of homeschooling

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • About Us
  • Art Lessons
  • Blog
  • Tricia’s Book
  • Homeschool
  • Recipes
  • Shop
Home » Blog » First Week of School 2011-12

in HomeSchooling

First Week of School 2011-12

1. Allergy-Friendly (egg-free!) pimento cheese | 2. Mama Ann, Middle Girl & her newest great-grandchild | 3. Teaching Textbooks Math before the pool | 4. Kindergartener and Rod & Staff G, H, I books | 5. Annual First Day of School Photo | 6. Pool fun | 7. Post-grocery snack | 8. Time to make the yogurt | 9. Nature Study – Summer Weather  | 10. Visiting Nana’s doggies | 11. A whole city in the family room | 12. Homemade pickles! 13. Nature Study – Buzzy Insects | 14.’The Map’ of Thomas & Friends trains| 15. SunButter smoothies | 16. Apologia Science & Microscope!

I am loving Camera Phone Friday hosted by Dawn at My Home Sweet Home!

We’re back to school! A bit bumpy but a start. Like I shared last week, our first homeschool week we start with just the basics. Our ‘Before 8:45‘, Math then we head to the pool! We took our annual first day of school photo!

Bible Study: Part of our Before 8:45 is quiet time with the Lord. I thought I’d share the study each of the children are enjoying.

  • Littlest Guy (Pre-K): Bible Pictures to Color, Rod & Staff
  • Kindergartener: The Early Reader’s Bible
  • Fourth Grader: 365 Daily Devotionals for Kids (can’t find the exact one but here are lots of choices at Christianbook, Answers for Kids Vols 1-4
  • Seventh Grader: Answers Books 1,2,3
  • Eighth Grader: 100 Days of Prayer for Teens we picked up at the LifeWay Store
  • We also touch on Polished Cornerstones, Plants Grown Up and enjoy Evening Family Journaling (More on these in Bible Study and Character Training and Simple Schooling Strategies)

Curriculum answers: Since I shared our curriculum choices last week, I’ve been on the look out for Apologia Science, Exploring Creation Through Biology to study with our eldest two. Thinking we’d need to wait until a later month to purchase it, I was surprised when it became available in one of my homeschool loops. The Lord does indeed provide. All we needed and more – including a microscope – for what I had planned to pay for only a portion!! Big shout out there!!

I’ve been struggling with the foreign language decision. I have a Latin background so I also decided to go with English From the Roots Up thanks to a post and reviews I read from Barb-Harmony Art Mom and Cindy West. That, along with our Science Roots will surely keep us busy in vocabulary and language. We may add Rosetta Stone Spanish later in the year. We’ll see. Here’s a link to all our curricula choices: Hodgepodge Curricula 2011-2012.

Nature: We finished up two really fun nature studies this week. Summer weather and buzzy insects.

Cooking Fun: We were busy! homemade pickles, slow cooker yogurt, allergy friendly pimento cheese and smoothies (links to recipes, above). Even Fried Green Tomatoes at $5 Dinners. Plus, last Saturday, I did an impromptu Back-to-School Big Cook just so we’d have some easy favorites ready for the first couple weeks. Oh that helps so much to be able to pull from the freezer!

Folks, they grow up fast. That’s 7th and 8th graders above. *sniff*

We’re slowly getting back into a routine. How about you?

Related

Filed Under: HomeSchooling Tagged With: bible study, camera phone Friday, homeschool, weekly wrap

About Hodgepodgemom

Tricia faces a daily dose of chaos homeschooling five children. The biggest lesson she’s learned? At the end of the day – when the dishes are put away and the children are tucked in bed – truly what matters is each child’s relationship with the Lord. Raising children is a God-given privilege and, folks, the time is short.

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Previous Post: « Annual School Photo: Helpful Habit
Next Post: Simple Supper: Sunday Night Cereal »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Dusti says

    July 29, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    It really is all about relationships isn’t it. With God, with others-and yes, they do grow up fast.
    ~Blessings

    Reply
  2. Anna-Leigh says

    July 29, 2011 at 1:35 PM

    Stopping by for Camera Phone Friday! My you are a busy woman! I am for certain going to have to try the pimento cheese and pickle recipes, yum yum! And what a sweet shot of the wee one with her great-grandma, so special. Have a great day!

    Reply
  3. Kay Duncan says

    July 29, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    Wow, they do grow up fast!! I like the photos, so cute!! Good idea to start slowly and gradually work into it. Have you learned that over the years? I am new to that concept, will try it first this year.

    Reply
  4. Amy @ simply necessary says

    July 29, 2011 at 3:59 PM

    Love how the first day of school pic has someone in a swimsuit…so a homeschooling family! None of that dressed to the hilt in uncomfortable clothes pretty pics! Too funny.

    Reply
  5. Hodgepodgemom says

    July 29, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    Dusti – Definitely about relationships! Anna-Leigh – let me know how you like the pimento cheese and pickles…Kay – yes, starting slowly is something I learned from a homeschool veteran friend with 8 children. Helps (some) to avoid the crash and burn 🙂 Amy – yes, swimsuits because we head to the pool right after math! (and even sometimes wave at the school bus if we get there early enough).

    Reply
  6. All Things Beautiful says

    July 29, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    I have heard that school starts early in the south. Our public school doesn’t start for another month. You have had a very busy week! So many things going on…it looks like it could have been a month! So much fun and good business. I love the look of your pickles! You will enjoy Apologia Biology and it will go nicely hand-in-hand with your nature study.

    Reply
  7. The Homeschool Village says

    July 29, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    oh my goodness – that photo is precious !! We do pool 1st and then start homeschooling around 10:30am – get some of that energy out !

    Reply
  8. All Things Beautiful says

    July 30, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    I have a blog award for you over at my blog…
    http://homeschooljournal-bergblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/sweet.html

    Reply
  9. Penny says

    July 30, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    Sounds like a fun week! We will start on Monday as it is simply too hot to do anything else! lol They grow up entirely too fast in my opinion. 🙂

    Reply
  10. Giggly Girls says

    August 1, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    Look at the flashback picture!! Awesome!!

    Sounds like the first week was great. I love your early morning quiet time idea.

    Today was our first day back.

    Popping in from the wrap-up.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Welcome!

Thanks for visiting! I'm Tricia and I've been homeschooling since 2000. I share the art and heart of homeschooling and help you bring joy, fun and freedom to your days. It’s a Hodgepodge! Read More…


Free Homeschooling Downloads

 

 

{FREE} Download, ebooks and subscriber-only art tutorials

Success! Please check your email to confirm your subscription.

There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again.




Get Tricia’s book!




Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

Our Sister Websites





Art for All Ages



Categories

Follow Tricia Hodges | Hodgepodge's board Best of Hodgepodge on Pinterest.

Recent Comments

  • Hodgepodgemom on How to Host a Jane Austen Movie Night for Homeschool Moms
  • Dawn on How to Host a Jane Austen Movie Night for Homeschool Moms
  • Hodgepodgemom on Mama Ann’s Morning Bars Recipe
  • Joy on Mama Ann’s Morning Bars Recipe
  • Hodgepodgemom on A Stitch In Time…
  • Contact us
  • Best of Hodgepodge
  • Parenting
  • Healthy Mama
  • Essential Oils
  • Recipes

Copyright © 2008–2025 · Your BEST Homeschool, a Southern Hodgepodge, L.L.C. site. | DMCA Notice