Well, it was our first week since the first of the year NOT to stick with our carefully laid out schedule. BUT we did have a couple of "first" experiences. We took school off on Monday to drive 2 hours to hear the angelic sounds of the American Boychoir. It was without a doubt the best concert I have seen in many years. I loved spending the day with just Camille and Ryan. It surprised me how much more relaxed I was with just 2 kids in tow than all 4. I think they noticed too. Ryan even auditioned for the group afterwards and did a GREAT job. Sweet and super competitive Camille just KNOWS they will call him any day now. She was completely in love with the cathedral style church we were in. She took lots of pics. It was the most fun I have had in quite awhile. It did make me wonder if I am doing right by my super artistic children. Ryan's comment after we were leaving was, "So Mom, basically Dothan is a cultural black hole, right?" Camille after finding out that her father and I had once been members of the beautiful church we were in could not imagine why we ever left. Camille still doesn't get that job=where you live.
Tuesday was coop day and the children insisted we go even though we did not arrive home until 11pm. Wednesday was Daddy's at home day and consisted of alot of music practice and some reading. We took Thursday off because I spent three hours at the dentist. Then on Friday it SNOWED ALOT. It rarely snows in south Alabama so the whole world shut down. No school, no work, so we enjoyed the bonus day as a family.
What did we learn this week? How beautiful choral music can sound when performed by fine musicians and that snow, however pretty, is wet and cold.
Not a great "do the schedule" week but we had 2 unforgettable experiences. I think that counts.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Friday Wrap Up
Okay here is an attempt to follow the example of other awesome homeschooling Moms and make myself accountable for the week. Here is brief is what we did.
Ryan 's writing continues to improve by leaps and bounds. He over shot the coop writing assignment and did a paragraph instead of an outline. He with his already super analytical mind sees no point in outlines. Handwriting is more uniform but not beautiful. He took apart an old intercom speaker which we had removed while redecorating the dining room and sucessfully attached it to his stereo. He is really enjoying his current event websites and his summaries are good.
Camille is attempting to shove all the addition facts into her brain so that we may move on to borrowing and carrying. She is having some success. Spelling test was a B this week. Handwriting is better since we added pretty notebooking pages to the mix. She created a "newspaper" about Jupiter. Camille needs more review on cursive writing. She will do first dictation next week.
Grace is reading Abeka 1st grade reader #4. We reviewed blends like squ, fp, fl - all the blue Abeka phonics cards. She can count by nickels, pennies and dimes. Began copywork on a R L Stevenson poem and did very well. She is memorizing A Swing. I am reading Stuart Little aloud to Grace and Josh.
Josh can read any 3 letter, short vowel soud word. We began to work on long vowels in earnest. Flash cards with long vowel marks over them worked well. Counted objects and selected correct numeral very well - up to 12 and 13. Wrote numbers very well. Loves Stuart Little.
Ryan 's writing continues to improve by leaps and bounds. He over shot the coop writing assignment and did a paragraph instead of an outline. He with his already super analytical mind sees no point in outlines. Handwriting is more uniform but not beautiful. He took apart an old intercom speaker which we had removed while redecorating the dining room and sucessfully attached it to his stereo. He is really enjoying his current event websites and his summaries are good.
Camille is attempting to shove all the addition facts into her brain so that we may move on to borrowing and carrying. She is having some success. Spelling test was a B this week. Handwriting is better since we added pretty notebooking pages to the mix. She created a "newspaper" about Jupiter. Camille needs more review on cursive writing. She will do first dictation next week.
Grace is reading Abeka 1st grade reader #4. We reviewed blends like squ, fp, fl - all the blue Abeka phonics cards. She can count by nickels, pennies and dimes. Began copywork on a R L Stevenson poem and did very well. She is memorizing A Swing. I am reading Stuart Little aloud to Grace and Josh.
Josh can read any 3 letter, short vowel soud word. We began to work on long vowels in earnest. Flash cards with long vowel marks over them worked well. Counted objects and selected correct numeral very well - up to 12 and 13. Wrote numbers very well. Loves Stuart Little.
Why We Are Here or Order Out of Chaos
Ok, I know what the world really needs in one more blog. There must be billions by now. Why do we blog? Some are shameless self promotion. Some are to record a journey, to track progress. Some are the need to vent anger and angst of all kinds. But mostly I think because we hope that we do not leave this world without someone knowing who we are on the inside.
Here we go.
I don't care if anyone ever reads this blog. It is for me.
Practically it will give me another way to keep track of the madness that is homeschooling four bright children, running a house that can feed them and sustain there other daily needs. Oh and don't forget work. But enough. Here's to order out of the chaos.
Here we go.
I don't care if anyone ever reads this blog. It is for me.
Practically it will give me another way to keep track of the madness that is homeschooling four bright children, running a house that can feed them and sustain there other daily needs. Oh and don't forget work. But enough. Here's to order out of the chaos.
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