This year I have one core phaser, two love of learners and one transitional scholar. One thing I really wanted to maintain through the different phases is togetherness. In order to keep this going I have put together a schedule of seasons for group learning. Right now we are in the season of History and working through our second Story of the World book.
The kids love this curriculum because it is stories and activities. They love that when they have something to ask or say they can blurt it out at a sentence pause. This is not always convenient as it takes longer to get through it but it provides for great conversation and funny one liners.
I came up with the idea for seasons of group learning at the homeschool convention this summer. Other seasons we are looking forward to are; Living Math, Music, Art and Science. I was so excited to come across this idea, last year I just gave up and stopped group learning because I wasn't accomplishing what I wanted to. I had different days for different subjects and never enough time. Now I know from Aug to Oct we are doing history. Sometimes we get wrapped up and complete 4 or more chapters other days we squeeze one in. On our favorite days we just do activities!
Here are the kids with their rice crispy Norman Castles.
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