This coming school year is going to be a bit different than the past 9 years of our homeschooling journey. It will definitely be harder for me.
This year, I’ll have kids in all different levels – from kindergarten through high school. Tori will be starting K and Ellie will be starting 9th grade. Phew! I break out into a sweat just thinking about it. The scheduling. The grading of high school level work. The time consuming hours spent with a new reader. Fitting it all into each day and still keeping the house clean and kids fed. How on earth am I going to do it?
Thankfully, my oldest is a very independent worker. I just need to make sure that I carve out time to have history and literary discussions and to give her feedback on her assignments. I’m thinking that – a once a week Starbucks date might work for that. 
The younger 4 will be doing history and science together, on their own levels. I find that keeping them on the same topics for these subjects makes my life a lot easier – and they have more fun doing it together.
Ellie, 9th grade
History & Geography – Tapestry of Grace, Year 4, Rhetoric Level (+ some of the Dialectic reading that she never read), geography games on Sheppard Software
Literature – Tapestry of Grace, Yr 4, Rhetoric
Government – Tapestry of Grace, Yr 4, Rhetoric
Math – Teaching Textbooks: Algebra I
Science - Signs and Seasons (Classical Astronomy), Apologia Biology with DIVE CD
Foreign Language: Cambridge Latin I, Rosetta Stone Russian, Level 1
Writing: WriteShop 1 and 2
Grammar: Digging into Diagramming
Kate, 6th grade
History & Geography - Tapestry of Grace, Yr 4, Dialectic Level, geography games on Sheppard Software
Literature – Tapestry of Grace, Yr 4, Dialectic Level
Grammar- Growing with Grammar, Grade 6
Spelling – Soaring with Spelling, Grade 6
Writing: WriteShop 1
Math – Teaching Textbooks 6
Science – Exploring Creation with Astronomy, a unit on Earth Science
Lexie, 4th grade
History & Geography – Tapestry of Grace, Yr 4, Upper Grammar Level, geography games on Sheppard Software
Literature – Tapestry of Grace, Yr 4, Upper Grammar Level
Grammar – Growing with Grammar, Grade 4
Spelling – Soaring with Spelling, Grade 4
Writing: Winning with Writing: Grade 44
Math - Teaching Textbooks: Grade 4
Science – same as Kate
Nick, 2nd grade
History & Geography – Tapestry of Grace, Yr 4, Lower/Upper Grammar Levels, geography games on Sheppard Software
Literature – Tapestry of Grace, Yr 4, Lower/Upper Grammar Levels
Grammar – Growing with Grammar, Grade 2
Spelling – Soaring with Spelling, Grade 2
Math – Teaching Textbooks, Grade 3
Science – same as Kate
Tori, Kindergarten
History & Geography - Tapestry of Grace, Yr 4, Lower Grammar (to the best of her ability)
Literature – Tapestry of Grace, Yr 4, Lower Grammar
Phonics – Explode the Code Bk 1, 1 1/2, 2, 2 1/2, The Reading Lesson
Math - Horizons K
Science – same as Kate (following along as best she can)
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Hi,
I have been following your website for a while…I am a first year homeschooling mom currently living overseas. I have 4 kids and am trying to manage homeschooling, keeping my house clean as well as keeping the kids fed as well. How do you do it all? I am in week 3 of homeschooling and still trying to figure it all out, even after reading countless books…
I don’t think any of us have it all figured out. There are definitely different seasons in homeschooling as life is always changing – different surroundings, different aged or number of kids, etc. Just keep with it and you will get yourself into a groove. Once you have your rhythm, it will become second nature.