A Beka Academy Week 24: February Memory Verses

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A Beka Academy Week 21: 7th Grade Science Project Finished!

Well, John has reached a major milestone in 7th Grade A Beka Academy DVD Program 1 Homeschool:  he completed his science project!  (Yes, I am very happy!)  This project is really a big part of 7th grade science.  He began it in October and just completed it this week.  There were several components to this [...]

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A Beka Academy Week 20: January Scripture Memory

Ugh!  I am SO behind on my blogging again!  We have been extremely busy the last couple of weeks.  This time of year always gets so hectic with school and scouting projects.  John’s science project is nearly finished, and he will be giving his oral report to Brock’s Webelos group tomorrow night.  The pine car [...]

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A Beka Academy Week 18: Renewed Commitment

Here we are:  half-way through our school year, just returning from Christmas break.  It was good to take several days off from school.  I’ll admit it, we were barely hanging in there right before Christmas!  The kids and I had lost a lot of focus and were in great need of a change of pace [...]

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A Beka Academy Weeks 14 and 15 Update: DNA Extraction

Our school year is rolling right along!  John is really involved in his science project now, so we are pretty busy. This past weekend John and I decided to do a trial run on his DNA extraction experiment before we actually start the procedures for his project.  I am so glad that we did because [...]

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A Beka Academy Week 13 Update: November Scripture Memory

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A Beka Academy Week 12 Update: School Pictures

  Well, this is long overdue!  I actually took these pictures several weeks ago, but I just got time today to get them edited and sorted through! Anyway, I used to have the kids’ school pictures taken professionally each year, but it just got to be too expensive.  So a couple of years ago, I [...]

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A Beka Academy Week 11 Update

  Yes, this is a Thanksgiving paper!  We are enough ahead of schedule, that we are pretty close to Thanksgiving in our schoolwork. This week I am going to write about something that I really don’t notice much, but that does come up from time-to-time:  Kara’s hands.  Kara had multiple birth defects, some of which [...]

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A Beka Academy Week 10 Update: More Technical Difficulties

Last week I wrote about how our electricity going out for over an hour really threw a wrench into our school day.  Well, October must be the month for technical difficulties, because today we had two more problems! Cosette has complained all week that her DVD’s were skipping, getting stuck, etc.  I just assumed it [...]

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A Beka Academy Week 9 Update

Well, this picture is a common sight these days:  John sitting on the couch with his books and note cards.  He is making great progress on his DNA research paper, and this phase will soon be over (hopefully!)  I think he only has 15 more cards to do before he will be ready to begin [...]

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