Dawn K Homeschool

My son, Nathan, has been begging me for a thesaurus.  I donated ours years ago because it was never used.  They are just so bulky, and if you are a bibliophile or homeschooler, you know how precious bookshelf space is.    Michael Clay Thompson of Royal Fireworks Press recommended buying an electronic thesaurus. I bought  Sharp Electronics PW-E550 Electronic Dictionary , and Nathan has been using it regularly.  He has taken it in the van with him, into restaurants, and used it when typing on Microsoft Word.  It also contains a dictionary which is a bonus!  I like the fact that it is small and super portable -- it can be brought into the kitchen for writing class, back to his room during his creative writing time, or even in a restaurant without much hassle.

Well, okay, we still have to listen to our Latin chants, and the boys have to correct their math problems. Today was more challenging because the boys also had piano lessons. I thought I would share a little more about how our day goes. Their day starts with some time to play followed by eating breakfast while completing their independent work. I'll share our resources for this. Independent Work 1. Logic Daily, they complete one page from this book: MindWare Grid Perplexors: Level A . To mix things up a bit, I'll alternate with Logic Liftoff every other week.    2. Daily Grams This is one program I have used since practically the beginning. It is one of my most often recommended resources. Each lesson consists of six parts; the first two sentences always involve correcting capitalization and punctuation. The last is always a lesson in sentence combining. The other three vary, presenting the student with practice in analogies, parts of speech, letter writing, dict...