In my life this week... Lets see, I was sick all week. Some kind of stomach bug. In our homeschool this week...But the kids were fine and did all their lessons. Places were going and people were seeing... We went no where all week. Too sick. My favorite thing this week was...The kids actually doing thier lessons and chores and not torturing me too much. Whats working/not working for us...The history pockets are becoming a lot of work. I didn't realize it would talk 2 full sheets of construction paper per pocket. What kind of construction paper are the creators of history pockets using, cause in the normal world theres like one size. Homeschool questions/thoughts...I worry about my youngest. He has always wanted to learn but he learns in a different way and its taken a while to figure out his learning style. So, according to PS standards he's behind. He just started reading this year after he turned 9, he's not spelling real well, and he's not even close to writting sentenses and such. 'sigh'
Friday, April 15, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Homeschool Mother’s Journal
In my life this week... Not much to tell. Normal week. In our homeschool this week... "School" went well this week. The kids completed all their assignments and my youngest even did a spelling test and aced it! I was sooo proud. Places we're going and people we're seeing... Going to visit my dad tomorrow My favorite thing this week was... The spelling test with my youngest What's working/not working for us... Last year my youngest could barely read and certain do the Total Language Plus for English. But this week he is reading The Sign of the Beaver and working out the Total Language Plus book. And he even took a spelling test. The book had him do jumping jacks while spelling out his words during the week. So, yesturday when he was taking his spelling test he tapped out the words and remembered how to spell them. I was so proud! Homeschool questions/thoughts I have... I feel sorry for some of the PS kids who are forced to read too early. Not all kids are ready to read at such young ages. My son is a prime example. He didn't really start reading until he was 9 years old! Which can be considered late by some people. But he has always been unique. He does things his own way. And still does. Its one of the things that drives me crazy about him but its also one of the things that I love about him.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Homeschool Mother’s Journal
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Homeschool Mother’s Journal
In my life this week...
Not much planned. My youngest is going to the dentist today to get a sealant put on one of his teeth. Payday falls this week so I will be planned the menu, working on the budget and such. I'm gonna try to schedule a playdate for the kids, maybe and just relax.
In our homeschool this week...
This week is our fun week. What that means in our house is we have set aside the few "work books" we use and basically all the "curriculum". We focus on crafts, outside time(weather permitting) and anything else the kids have want to do. This week they requested to do some of the recent crafts we bought, more PS2 time, more Wii time and more computer time. So, they are get like an hour of PS 2 time, an hour on the computer (which they normally get 30 min) and a hour on Wii. As often as possible this week. In between those they are gonna get plenty of outside time, were gonna play some boards together and watch some movies together(thats our snuggle time). Even though the boys are getting older they still like to snuggle with their mommy. (My youngest is 9 and oldest is 13)
Places we're going and people we're seeing...
We will be going to the dentists office and grocery store. Anywhere else is up in the air right now. We just see how thw week goes.
My favorite thing last week was...
The kids stenciling their paper mache boxes.
What's working/not working for us...
The curriulum is working great. No one is having any problems with it. :)
Homeschool questions/thoughts I have...
None I can think of right now.
A photo, video, link, or quote to share...
My boys at the local museum. Building legos getting ready to race them.
