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This Week… Life Skills Week
This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Great Peace Academy, please see my Disclosure Policy for further details. So in our home we continue the moving and redecorating and changing of spaces. Last week I told you about some updates to the classroom, but that was just the beginning of changes being made. For school this week… Math: Geometry the program we use, Khan Academy, was suggesting some math skills for him regarding area and perimeter. He watched some videos’ and we tried a few problems. He was as confused as me! Which is saying a LOT!. So I went and took a look at his skill progress…
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Back-to-School Writer’s Toolkit Giveaway
An iHN Back-to-School Toolbox Giveaway **This giveaway post is brought to you by Currclick, and includes additional product placement and affiliate links. Be sure to see the Writer’s Toolkit Giveaway below and register to win. Thank you for supporting Great Peace Academy. If you are a regular follower of our academy happenings then you know that our biggest struggle is creative writing. Little Man has come a long way. He is showing improvement. In fact, the teacher who performs our portfolio assessment tells me he seems to be developmentally on target in his writing. YEAH! That’s a big step!I actually am very excited about this coming year because I found…
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This Week… Household Changes
Making Changes in the Homeschool Classroom and BeyondThis post contains affiliate links which may result in this blogger receiving paid compensation for purchases made. For further details see my disclosure policy.Thank you for supporting this blog and our academy. This Week... We have gotten back into the swing of our summer school session. Last week, Little Man came down with a bad bug. Yuck. So no school last week, followed by the Independence Holiday Weekend. Science: Finishing up lesson 10 of Flying Creatures. We have added hummingbird feeders to our back deck and have been watching with fascination the tiny flittering birds as they buzz around our heads drinking the…
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Great Homeschool Conventions Releases their New Website
Have you seen the new GHC Web Page? This is a sponsored post. Great Homeschool Conventions to would like to share with you this Free video bundle from their partners at Creation Ministries International. For more information visit my disclosure policy. Thank you for supporting Great Peace Academy. For the past 3 years I’ve travelled to Cincinnati for the annual Great Homeschool Convention. Along with that trip is an excitement that builds from the beginning of the homeschool year up until the end of the event when I return home. Two of those years Beloved and I went together making it a couples weekend. This past spring, he was working…
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Outsourcing, When a Child is Smarter than Mom
Finding Mentors or Online Classes This is brought to you by TakeLessons.com. Homeschoolers, that’s what we are! But, that does not mean that we have to do all of our schooling in the home or that mom has to be the only teacher in the child’s life. In fact sometimes the reality is there are areas of education where mom simply can’t meet the child’s educational needs. Don’t panic! You are not alone. Little Man is quite talented in so many areas. He loves strategy games like Chess. I knew I could teach him the basics, and I did, he learned the rules of how to move the pieces very…
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Academy Garage Sale
My Used Homeschool Books & Stuff Sale I’m not one of those people who has a garage sale every year. In fact, we don’t even have a garage at our house. I don’t do yard sales either. My friend Jen, keeps telling me I need to sell some things instead of always giving them away. But I just can’t help myself, usually. This week however, I’m joining forces with my friends at The Homeschool Post. We are having a “Clean Out Our Lockers Multi-Site Used Curriculum Sale.” Feel free to look around, perhaps you’ll find some items you can use in your own school room.And be sure to stop by…
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This Week… VBS
Slow and Busy WeekThis has been one of those typical summer weeks. Slow days and busy evenings with Vacation Bible School at our congregation this week. It was a really great Bible School. We studied the Creation with Digging for Answers from Little Acorns and Apologetics Press. Beloved was able to work a freelance job and Little Man and I worked on several ongoing projects. Jonathan joined Homeschool Chess Club this week which is led by a coach. Not only did he learn a little about the game, he had a blast doing it. Big thanks to Amy for inviting us to join.School, well there was none this week. I…
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This Week… Backyard Bash!
I’m starting a “This Week… Link up”. I would love for you to join me. It’s a great way to share with others what you have been doing in your homeschool life this past week. It helps create a great memory “book” for your homeschool journey. This week Little Man got a lesson in life skills. We hosted a “Homeschool Friends Backyard Bash.” As anyone who hosts a social event knows, there is usually a lot of cleaning up going on around the house to be prepared for the event. We are no exception. Little Man worked like a trooper! He did whatever we asked of him, with very little,…
