2011-2012 School year is here!!

Today is our first day of school for this year!  We have set a very full schedule.  We will have Language Arts, Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies (Geography, History, ect.), Art, Physical Education, Computers, and Life Skills (housework, pets, cooking, healthy habits).

The girls have a time schedule to follow throughout the day.  They have a few small chores to be done daily, just to be a part of this family.  They will have several opportunities to earn stickers on their charts.  Their "Extra Credit" Charts earn them a book for every 10 stickers.  We take them to the used bookstore and they get a book of their choosing!

They also have an opportunity to earn extra credit in their schoolwork.  They have extra workbooks and worksheets that they do to earn extra credit.  We have not set up a reward chart for this yet.  We will be discussing the choices on rewards.

I have a notepad where we are listing all of the activities they do daily.  This is a place that Daddy can write down the things they do with him, like building, gardening, science experiments, etc.  We write the time length and activity.  This way the girls will get credit for their hard work.  We have to track the hours of schooling they do, and we figure it is better to record everything, instead of forgetting something.