A graduate! (180 + 7 weeks)

J attended her dance classes, Nature Journaling class, and MAHC.

D attended her SHL classes. Here she is with friends, working on writing something probably:

D and J attended their religious education classes. D graduated from 8th & 9th grade OWL:

R completed his MC3 classes and his end of year evaluation and graduated from high school:

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

R turned 18 and did a lot of skateboarding with friends:

This week included 6 days of instruction.

Homeschool dance (180 + 6 weeks)

J attended her dance classes, Nature Journaling class, and MAHC.

D attended her SHL classes. The group also attended a homeschool dance:

D and J attended their religious education classes.

R participated in his MC3 classes.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

D and J attended a performance by Ballet X.

This week included 6 days of instruction.

Skateboarding (180 + 5 weeks)

J attended her dance classes, Nature Journaling class, and MAHC.

D attended her SHL classes.

D and J attended their religious education classes.

R participated in his MC3 classes.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

R built a skateboarding rink on our front porch:

This week included 6 days of instruction.

Eclipse (180 +4 weeks)

J attended her dance classes, and Nature Journaling class.

D and J attended their religious education classes.

R participated in his MC3 classes.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

We observed the total eclipse from southwestern New York state. The cloud cover was very heavy so we were mostly unable to see the disk of the sun, but we did experience the onset of total darkness and return of light.

This week included 6 days of instruction.

Allegany State Park (180 + 3 weeks)

J attended her dance classes, Nature Journaling class, and MAHC.

D attended her SHL classes.

D and J attended their religious education classes.

R participated in his MC3 classes.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

We went camping at Allegany State Park in New York state. There was fire safety, bear safety, hiking, engineering, etc.

This week included 6 days of instruction.

Manayunk/Roxborough Art Center (180 + 2 weeks)

J attended her dance classes, Nature Journaling class, and MAHC.

D attended her SHL classes. They have been taking an art class at this art center:

D and J attended their religious education classes.

R participated in his MC3 classes.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

D and J decorated eggs:

J sang in the multigenerational choir and helped plant apple trees in our yard:

This week included 6 days of instruction.

Paper Circuits (180 + 1 week)

J attended her dance classes, Nature Journaling class, and MAHC. Here are some of the paper circuit projects she made:

D attended her SHL classes.

D and J attended their religious education classes.

R participated in his MC3 classes.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

J learned to bake bread, while D created a gourmet dog cake for Roo's 3rd birthday:

This week included 6 days of instruction.

Philly Goat Project (182/180)

J attended her dance classes, Nature Journaling class, and MAHC.

D attended her SHL classes.

D and J attended their religious education classes. Which included a visit with the Philly Goat Project!

R participated in his MC3 classes.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

This week included 6 days of instruction.

Light-up mask (176/180)

J attended her dance classes, Nature Journaling class, and MAHC.

D attended her SHL classes.

D and J attended their religious education classes.

R participated in his MC3 classes.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

D and J went roller skating.

This week included 6 days of instruction.

4/5 OWL (170/180)

J attended her dance classes, Nature Journaling class, and MAHC.

D attended her SHL classes.

D and J attended their religious education classes. J completed 4/5 grade OWL:

R participated in his MC3 classes.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

R, D & J went on a hike and went skiing.

This week included 6 days of instruction.

 

Paper Circuits (164/180)

J attended her dance classes, Nature Journaling class, and MAHC. She made a light-up cube thing with paper circuits:

D attended her SHL classes.

D and J attended their religious education classes.

R participated in his MC3 classes.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

This week included 6 days of instruction.

Art Center (158/180)

J attended her dance classes, Nature Journaling class, and MAHC.

D attended her SHL classes.

D and J attended their religious education classes.

R participated in his MC3 classes.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

This week included 6 days of instruction.

I Chews You (152/180)

J attended her dance classes, Nature Journaling class, and MAHC.

D attended her SHL classes.

D and J attended their religious education classes. J is taking OWL right now:

R participated in his MC3 classes.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

J created her valentine for exchanges:

This week included 6 days of instruction.

Paper (146/180)

J attended her dance classes, Nature Journaling class, and MAHC.

D attended her SHL classes.

D and J attended their religious education classes.

R participated in his MC3 classes.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

J made paper:

This week included 6 days of instruction.

Cake (140/180)

J attended her dance classes and Nature Journaling class.

D attended her SHL classes.

D and J attended their religious education classes.

R participated in his MC3 classes. This semester he is taking English 101 and Environmental Geology.

D worked with ALEKS math and practiced typing.

J worked with Mammoth Math and practiced typing.

J baked a cake.

This week included 6 days of instruction.

 

Fun and Shoveling (134/180)

  It snowed!  Much outdoor active fun was had, plus shoveling.

This week included 1 day of instruction.

Gingerbread (133/180)

We traveled through Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

D and J did some creative food decorating, and attended their religious education classes.

This week included 2 days of instruction.

Sick (131/180)

Unfortunately, both D and J got sick.  Even more unfortunately, J ended up in the Emergency Room twice.  She was not direly ill, but because we were traveling, that was the only place we could access care with her health insurance.  I'd say both learned a lot about viruses and bacteria.

They did recover enough to go roller skating.  

And R practiced darts and other physical education skills.

This week included 2 days of instruction.