Getting our main binder ready for next year

I've spent the past few days getting our school binder ready to go. I'm hoping to have it all put together by the end of the day (or at least completely laid out). I've also set up an account on 4shared (username is HyperCello) to share any things that I create myself for our schooling. I decided to test it out by uploading a file I created to keep track of what we needed to get for each month (since most of the books we're going to be using will be coming from the library). I hope this file will be useful to somebody. Please let me know if you download it and find a use for it. :-)

Monthly Items Needed Excel File

Next Year's Science

Wow, it's been over a month since I've posted, but we've been busy getting school done this year (we finished up last week with OHVA. Everything is boxed up and ready to be shipped back, and we have our last conference of the year this afternoon.) I've been very lucky the past few weeks to get some books free, and I've been going through them and seeing what I'm going to use for next year. I think I have our science books down, so now I just have to plan what we're doing out of them. :-) All the books I have state that they are for kids over eight, but I think Dalton will understand them alright.

203 Icy, Freezing, Frosty, Cool, and Wild Experiments by Janice VanCleave

175 More Science Experiments to Amuse and Amaze Your Friends by Terry Cash, Steve Parker, and Barbara Taylor

Science Crafts for Kids by Gwen Diehn and Terry Krautwurst (this one looks like it might be a bit too advanced for Dalton, but I might be able to pull out one or two things from it.

I'm sure we'll pull science from other areas (Dalton loves watching Beakman's World), and I would like to use some of the nature studies from Shining Dawn Books since I fell in love with them when I saw them at the homeschool convention. I have a feeling science next year is going to be very hands-on (and FUN!).