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Year: 2011

Semper Fidelis: Latin Vocabulary Review GameSemper Fidelis Game Board
October 5, 2011
Heather L
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Semper Fidelis: Latin Vocabulary Review Game

Posted in Family, and Homeschooling

We’re having lots of fun learning Latin with Visual Latin, but we still need more review and practice.  I started out making up some vocabulary flash cards and ended up creating a game board with game pieces.  For this game, it’s basically taking normal flashcard review and turning it into a game.  If you get the word correct, they you get to roll the die and move on the game board. I’ve only completed the vocabulary flash cards for Visual Latin lessons 1-10.  I’ll add more cards as I get them completed.  For now, we plan on at least going…

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Setting Goals for the 2011-2012 Homeschool YearGoal Planning
October 3, 2011
Heather L
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Setting Goals for the 2011-2012 Homeschool Year

Posted in Family, Homemaking, and Homeschooling

The 2011-2012 homeschool year here at Semper Fidelis Academy is well under way.  We’ve already changed a few things since I posted our homeschool plans for the year.  One of the biggest changes is probably dropping the renewable energy study and beginning the horse study.  I need to do some more work on the renewable energy study to make it more independent study friendly for Munchkin.  I can’t say that she’s bummed to be starting the horse study sooner rather than later.  She was blessed with some excellent horse resource books from Grandma, so she’s happily reading and studying. Our…

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Meal Planning OrganizationMenu Planning
October 2, 2011
Heather L
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Meal Planning Organization

Posted in Homemaking

Sometimes meal planning can get tedious and difficult, but setting up a family friendly system can help make meal planning easier.  When the whole family is involved, it can make things go a little smoother, and many times, kids are more willing to eat the meals that are placed before them without complaining.  When I found out that D is going to have to go in for another back surgery, I knew that it was time to start getting serious about meal planning again.  I wanted to create a new system that would be functional, easy to use, and look…

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