Seventh Grade Plans

last day of nature camp this summer

Sunshine's seventh grade school year started back in June, when she did some day camps. Eighth grade will start at the same point next summer. She's got a busy year, and we'll see how sustainable it is. We may cut out some classes if things are too crazy.

First, the fun extracurricular stuff (No links to the stuff we did this summer- you can easily search the site or scroll back a page or two to find those posts. I just don't have time to link back right now.)

summer 2018
church girls camp
nature camp
Cape Charles/Chincoteague/Assateague/Wallops Island
George Washington's birthplace

fall 2018
Great Smokies NP & the Blue Ridge Parkway
co-op classes (each semester will be different, with a variety of subjects being offered)
nature class (the same class she took the semester River was born)

winter 2019
ski class (if we can make it work, I want to take all the kids skiing this year- the boys will both be old enough for it to work)
co-op classes
nature class? (depends on the timing and cost of the ski classes)

spring 2019
co-op classes
nature class

other extracurriculars:
weekly piano lessons
weekly hikes
occasional kayaking

And now for the less fun book work:
Science
     marine biology/oceanography/dolphins
English
     I'm still deciding between Well Trained Mind and Good and Beautiful
Math
     Life of Fred
Spanish
     Song School? I'm still investigating what to use- I think Song School might be too simplistic, but it might be a good start... Still thinking about it.
Typing
    Good and Beautiful
Handwriting
    Good and Beautiful
History
     American history
Geography
     We're starting to search out and compile a list of places to go in each state for our big road trip. This will be an ongoing project for this year and next. It will eventually include calculating drive times, finding campgrounds, calculating gas and campground fees, and so on.

We're also doing some courses through The Family School Online. Math, botany, geography, literature, and history, all with a gospel perspective to them. The courses are meant to be taught to a variety of ages, and then you tailor them to the ages and abilities of the children involved. With River starting kindergarten next year (and Ocean most likely insisting on not being left behind), I'm investigating what's out there. So far Sunshine and I are liking the curriculum, and I really like that there's only minimal prep needed on my part.