Our Not-So-Much Classroom

I love homeschooling my daughters.  I love the interaction I get to have with them daily.  I love not having to ask how their school day was.  I love picking new curriculum each year.  I love not having a classroom.

Huh?!?  Did I really just type that?

Our family has not been blessed with the opportunity to have a single room in our house that it is totally dedicated to our homeschool classroom.  We have stuff here, there and everywhere.

We have a section of the family room for homeschool stuff. 

We have a section of our dining room with supplies for the girls and a place where their workboxes will be upon completion.  (Stay Tuned:  That will be another post in the near future.)

(Please do not judge the mess.  I'm trying to figure it all out. )

In our dining room, we also have our whiteboard and bulletin board and I will have another bookshelf as soon as my sweet husband gets one picked up from his brother's house and I do a little rearranging. 

Studies are completed on the living room couch,

at the kitchen table  (with the cat),

in the car, on the bed and everywhere in between that serves the purpose.

So do you have a room devoted as a classroom or is your whole house your classroom?  How do you organize for school?

This post is linked up on Heart of the Matter "Not" Back-to-School Blog Hop.  Go check out other families' classrooms.

Serving Him at the speed of life,

Kristie

Workboxes!!

If you are a homeschooler, you have possibly heard about the workbox system.  Well, I decided to use workboxes for the 2011-2012 school year.  I don't have my system in place yet.  Stay tuned for more info and pictures.

Are you a workbox user?  Please comment and leave links to pictures of your system.  I'd love the inspiration!

Serving Him at the Speed of Life,

Kristie

I am so lazy!

I have been so underproductive today.  My poor sweet husband mowed out entire yard with a push mower.  Typically it is not such a hard task but with the speed of our life lately, he has not mowed in several weeks. Thus, the grass was waist high. 

Anyway, I have been L - A - Z - Y.  For some reason or another, I have not wanted to do a thing.

The only productivity today has been feeding the kiddos.

Trust me I so did not need to be lazy.  I have a mountain of laundry, clutter scattered around, not to mention homeschool planning to get done.

So, do you have days that you don't feel like doing anything?  What do you do to get motivated?

Serving Him at the speed of life,

Kristie

Curriculum List 2011 - 2012

We are getting set to start school.  August 22nd will be here before I know it so I am attempting to get everything ready.  Here are my curriculum choices for this year.  When you write it all out, it looks like alot of work; however, there are alot of short lessons planned or things not planned everyday of the week.  I'm still getting in the water on this blog business so I will try to come back later and link up my subjects with appropriate websites.   (No promises however) ;)

Our core curriculum for both girls is My Father's World.  And since I don't have it in me to do 2 different levels, Flossy will tag along Princess for Creation to the Greeks.

Princess - 5th Grade
Bible - MFW Creation to the Greeks & Kay Arthur 4 Kids Inductive Bible Studies & Family Bible time
History - MFW Creation to the Greeks
Science - MFW Creation to the Greeks & Apologia Exploring Creation through Anatomy
Math - Singapore 4A/4B & Math-U-See Gamma (2 reinforce her multiplication)
English - Easy Grammar 5
Spelling - A Reason for Spelling E
Reading - Progeny Press Guides
Vocabulary - English from the Roots Up & Wordly Wise
Art - God & the History of Art
Music - MFW Composer Studies & Piano & Guitar
Composition - Writing Strands Level 3
Free Reading - Book Basket Selections from back of MFW; 1000 Good Book List

Flossy - 1st Grade
Bible - The Awesome Book of Bible Facts & MFW & Family Devotions time
History - MFW Creation to the Greeks
Science - MFW Creation to the Greeks & Apologia Exploring Creation through Anatomy
Math - Singapore 1A/1B
English - First Language Lessons
Spelling - A Reason for Spelling A
Phonics - Abeka & Scholastic At Home Phonics
Art - God & the History of Art
Music - MFW Composer Studies

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I have high hopes of blogging about our school year.  So please let me know if your reading so I stay motivated.

So what are your curriculum choices for 2011-2012?

Changes Around Here!

I've been praying lately for direction. Alot of direction.

Everything in my life has been so chaotic that I have trouble with keeping track of everything.

You know the drill . . . appointments, errands, housework, family, kids, etc. The list goes on and on.

So I have been taking a sabbatical of sorts to calm myself down.  A timeout of sorts.

Our family will start a new school year on August 22nd, and as of now, I am so NOT prepared.  Call it ADD, OCD or any other combination of letters that seem to describe me lately, but I AM NOT on track!

This train has derailed so to speak.  Choo choo.......................



So, why am I rambling?  Well, I love blogs.  I love to read what other moms are doing that works in their homes, what doesn't work (so I feel a little more normal), and everything in between that moms want to share.

When  I first decided to blog, I wanted to focus on living frugally, but I find myself wanting to do add stuff besides just frugal tips.  So without further ado, I unveil a different perspective and name to my blog  . . . Quickly a Homemaker.

Now this has not been an easy thought process.  I decided to use a bit of a play on our family name (our last name is Quick), the decision for me to stay home (decided one night, resigned from my job the next day), and how life appears for my family (time flies). 

I plan on continuing to focus as much frugal "stuff" as I can; however, I am going to add homemaking "stuff", mom "stuff", homeschool "stuff" and quite honestly, anything else that I find helpful.

So, if you see awkward ramblings on this blog  please ignore or either use it if there is anything of value.

I am not deleting anything nor am I not going to post because "it doesn't fit" my main "topic". 

I am going to try to maintain some sort of composure to my posts, but at the same time, I  need to allow myself some more freedom.

The only thing that is not going to change around here is my focus on doing it all for Christ.

Serving Him at the speed of life,

Kristie Quick