Ordinary Life

Our Fall Term started last week. We rearranged our classroom. Started with coffee, of course...  Rye insisted she wanted "real" coffee in her cup... ... I think she liked it.  First Period: Individual Grade Photos FISHER KAI Fisher is in Jr. High now 6th-ish Grade LOGAN ALEECE   Logan is finishing Jr. High 8th-ish Grade CHANDLER BRICE: Chandler is a Freshman (& not very fond of having his photo taken)  2nd Period: Group Photo  AFTER SEVERAL ROUGH DRAFTS... ALETHEIA FIRST DAY FALL TERM 2014-2015   3rd Period: Group Work    A peek into one of our favorite classes: Rubber Pencil 101 (and a video about Earthquakes)  Pre-3 runs simultaneously in the same room:  Weather gal : Fidgets have been added to each desk space~ a listening aid, believe it or not:  A Book Butterfly: Riley in her " Music Appreciation " tent..a.k.a. naptime: She now says " I hate music appreciation! "  There were many other things not pictured, like a lesson...

The sun rises on Aletheia Academy's 2013-2014 school year. "Welcome Back~ You've Got Class!"  This year's classroom:  First Day Students:  Chandler will be 14 soon, 8th Grade Logan is 12 until Spring, 7th Grade Fisher is 10 for a few more months,  and let's just say "5th" Grade Rye will be 3 soon, Pre-Preschool (Colors, Shapes, Cut & Paste, ABC's & 123's)

February 10th, 2013 issues in the Year of The Snake Last night, FLVirtual S chool held a special Collaboration session in recognition of the upcoming Chinese New Year . To get in the spirit of things, we decided to have Chinese food for dinner. I had casually mentioned this plan to Clay before he went to a meeting. When he called on his way home,  to see if we needed anything while he was out, he was surprised to find that we had decided to COOK Chinese dishes instead of ordering it from the experts. I blamed homeschooling... He indulged me by trying to find chop sticks (a negligent oversight on my part!) then, swung by Beef O'Brady's for some 'real food' just to be safe. So, we 'made' Chinese to the best of our ability~thankful for the Ethnic Foods aisle and the International Foods freezer at the grocery store. Without it, we may have had to call Lucky Wok . It's About the Sauces: Sriacha, Sesame Garlic, Pot Sticker. Soy & Duck I must preface the descr...

In the not so distant future, the two biggest of The Big Kids will be taking a handful of online classes via Florida Virtual School .  Because they can. And, it's free. (for Florida residents, purchasable outside the state)  We are still in the midst of the enrollment process but were afforded a bit of a preview this evening during the systemwide WorldFest . Using a virtual white board, teachers were able to share a presentation while maintaining a conversation via microphone and chat window. Whenever we answered a question, the moderator responded on a personal basis, calling on us by name.   In some ways, it isn't unlike the Bob Jones Satellite system I used in high school.  The presentations we watched varied in theme based on which country link we chose. We saw Latin American cuisine, amongst others. The instructors were also able to patch through video to enhance the lesson- we watched a video on preparing empanadas. After the video, more dishes were highlighted...

We've been learning about Invertebrates in science. Mollusks specifically. Today we watched this video on cephalopods.  Be amazed.

The sun rises on the first day of school... 2012-2013 school year Chandler Brice ~7th Grade Logan Aleece ~ 6th Grade Fisher Kai ~ 4th Grade-ish Riley Wren ~ Boss of Everything/Yearbook Photographer