First Day of School 2018/2019

First day of school pics

After the first day of school pictures we went out to breakfast, again, because we can.  

 This year we are trying out a new curriculum, called Moving Beyond the Page.  There are no textbooks, just booklets.  The kids use the instruction booklets, novels, books and online information to learn their subjects.  There is a lot of hands-on work also.  For Adam and Laura, they have one literature unit and an accompanying unit that is either science or history.  For Sarah, she has literature and science, as her history is through a local vendor.  Technically, Laura is also taking history with the vendor, but she can handle both classes, as they are still elementary level.  Emma is just doing the Literature component, as the company is still rolling out the high school levels.

Emma's stack is to the left.  Laura's is on the right. I couldn't find erasers, etc in purple for Laura or black for Emma.

Adam is starting 4th grade math, and is learning about weather for his first unit. Note that orange is still his favorite color.

Sarah's stuff is of course green. 

The magazine holders contain about 1-2 units of schoolwork, depending on the size of the novels.  Its all stored in magazine holders, in the school closet.  

So far, they are tolerating it. Sarah thinks maybe she has too many science experiments.  Adam thinks he has too much writing.  Laura is happy that she finished her poetry unit already, as she hates poetry.  

I also added Horrible Science, Horrible Geography, Murderous Maths for fun reading, and Beast Academy for Adam.  He likes the comic book format.