http://javabean.homeschooljournal.net Can't get through life without the coffee..or craziness Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:52:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In April Ariana took the StanFord Achievement tests tenth edition at our local Christian school. Yesterday we received the results. Reading comprehension grade level, 9.3. Reading vocabulary grade level, 7.3. Spelling grade level 8.5. In math she was pretty much at grade level. Language grade level 3.3. The complete battery said she ... http://javabean.homeschooljournal.net/2008/06/03/test-results/ Yesterday we read about King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in history. As an activity the girlies were to make Queen Isabella crowns. We walked to JoAnn's for the needed supplies. While we walked we read the history chapter and discussed it. I noticed a couple of delivery men walked into the ... http://javabean.homeschooljournal.net/2008/05/09/history-and-grammar/ We use Story of the World for history, and are currently in the second book. Now except for Christmas break we have done one chapter a week since September. I thought we were doing really pretty good. However, Monday I counted the remaining chapters and realized we still have four months ... http://javabean.homeschooljournal.net/2008/05/07/how-did-that-happen/ This week Beanie has just taken off with reading.  She is starting to read everything she can...or thinks she can. She doesn't quite read everything but I'll often hear her sounding out words. I am just tickled pink. It was simply beautiful out earlier this week and we walked the 4 ... http://javabean.homeschooljournal.net/2008/04/17/i-am-so-pleased/ We haven't dropped off the face of the earth. We have just been very busy lately. But not too busy for school...well most days anyway. Last week Goober took some achievements tests at our local Christian school. The school offers the tests free to homeschool students. Ostensibly I know to increase ... http://javabean.homeschooljournal.net/2008/04/15/yes-we-are-still-schooling/ Yesterday I bought some Magic Tree House books for the girlies. I started reading one of them last night and I'm not sure I like it. We just studied (okay watched on Planet Earth) the Arctic and Antarctic in science. According to the video the arctic never loses all ... http://javabean.homeschooljournal.net/2008/03/14/magic-tree-house/ Last week my girlies and I took a field trip to the opposite end of our state. We visited the Capitol, walked all around it. We even sat in on part of a session. The top of our capitol. Inside the dome. I just love this chandelier! Beautiful. I thought this was neat. The floor. ... http://javabean.homeschooljournal.net/2008/02/26/field-trip/ LB1141 is a bill currently in the Nebraska legislature. I am not sure the date it will be debated but it is a bill nonetheless. What does this have to do with a homeschool blog? Everything! This bill will make Nebraska the toughest state to home-school.  Here is a sampling of ... http://javabean.homeschooljournal.net/2008/02/06/lb1141/ I got the best book from Rainbow Resource. It is called Healthy Me and is by Michelle O'Brien-Palmer. It is for ages 5-8 and is just chock full of wonderful activities to do. It has sections on cleanliness, teeth, nutrition, exercise, and safety. Yesterday we did an experiment with tomato soup. ... http://javabean.homeschooljournal.net/2008/01/24/we-made-soap-today/ We watched our science "video" this morning. I picked an animal we learned about to study further this week. I'd like to make a unit study of the lion, but I need some ideas and suggestions. What do you do when you do a unit study? I'll hit the library for ... http://javabean.homeschooljournal.net/2008/01/16/unit-study-help/