Carbondale celebrates an eclipse, if clouds don’t spoil it
Chicago Sun-Times article (I was interviewed by this reporter yesterday)
Our first day of the homeschool co-op is August 28th. I've been purchasing school supplies (plan books, main lesson books, colored pencils, gratitude journals, creative writing journals, art portfolios, fountain pens) and curriculum materials (Montessori R&D's Word Study Materials, Hello Wood's Teaching Clock, and the Grammar Game by Mandala Classroom Resources).
We also continue to be blessed by donations of art supplies from my good friend Leslie. She has assured me that her art room is now perfectly clean and organized and she loves it this way; I am just amazed at her generosity!
Prismacolor Portrait Set, set of 24 colored pencils
Prismacolor, set of 72 colored pencils
Faber-Castell Art Grip Aquarelle, set of 12 watercolor pencils
Faber-Castell Art Grip, set of 12 colored pencils
Koh-I-Noor Tri-Tone colored pencils
Tombow Dual Brush Pens, Bright Palette
Tombow Dual Brush Pens, Portrait Palette
Derwent Burnisher & Blender Set
seven more colors of glitter glue: rose gold, silver, crushed pineapple, seafoam, turquoise, blue bayou, lavender
two more pan sets of watercolors
two tins of Caran d'Ache pastels: Neocolor I Portrait (permanent wax oil pastel) and Neocolor II Metallic (water-soluble wax pastel)
Daler Rowney Acrylic Artists Ink, set of 6 neon colors
Daler Rowney Acrylic Artist's Ink, Process Magenta
Daler Rowney Pearlescent Liquid Acrylic, Silver Pearl 
Dr. Ph. Martin's Hydrus Watercolor, Cobalt Blue
a bottle of gold liquid watercolor paint
Zig Wink of Stella Brush, Glitter Clear
Faber-Castell Graphite Aquarelle, 8B
many more colors of acrylic paint: ultramarine, ocean blue, true blue, blackberry, evergreen, cadmium red, primary cyan, chrome oxide green, grass green, fluorescent pink, fluorescent orange, fluorescent green, fluorescent chartreuse, fluorescent blue, burnt sienna (three), raw sienna (two), quinacridone crimson (two), transparent red iron oxide, quinacridone burnt orange (two), yellow ochre
four bottles of shimmer mister: three white and one yellow
This year my 12/13 year old group is doing the following MLBs:
- Physics: Simple Machines
Creative Writing
Algebra I
Age of Exploration
Human Anatomy & Physiology I
Norse Mythology I
Geometry
World Geography
Human Anatomy & Physiology II
Norse Mythology II
Algebra II
Renaissance & Reformation
If anyone else is teaching any of these blocks, please write and share your favorite curriculum resources!
This post contains affiliate links to the materials I actually use for homeschooling. I hope you find them helpful. Thank you for your support!
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4 comments:
I am doing a fair amount of similar blocks! I have a 4th, 7th and 8th grader. Thank you for all of your thoughts. Are you using Jamie York for your Algebra blocks? Looking for resources to brush up on algebra:)
Yes, we are using Jamie York but I also like some of the math resources on TpT (the free ones). I have been working on a page on the website listing my favorites. You can find it here: Middle School Mathematics.
Hi Indigo, I'm doing Jamie York's online math workshop for 7th grade right now (September) and I love it! It's $150.00 and you get two weeks to complete it. There are 24 modules in all. 22 are videos and 2 are audio files. Based on his recommendations and his 7th grade workbook, our first Math block is actually going to be ratios.
If you want hands-on manipulatives for Algebra, Mortensen makes amazing materials. These were inspired by Montessori but took the approach farther. I have links to them, and a sample video of the materials and how they help you visualize a problem, at the bottom of my Montessori Materials Wishlist post.
Thank you so much!
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