Hi all,
The last 3 weeks of school have been wonderful. The kids are loving the curriculum we're using this year. I managed to snap a few pictures of Annika and Lucas finishing a history assignment. Lucas just colors and Annika was finishing her picture of Beowulf fighting Grendal. So see history doesn't have to be boring, in fact they say it's one of their favorites.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Monday, August 6, 2007
First day is now under our belts. It was great!
Hi all,
Well we did it the first day of the school year is under our belts. The kids did great. We got up at our usual times. Me at 0900, the kids at 0930. They got dressed and I helped them brush their teeth. We then had breakfast. From 1000-1130 we did Language arts and Geography. Ev blasted right through it, but Annika, ever the perfectionist took 1 hour and 10 minutes to do her 1 language arts paper. She had about 9 bears to color depending on the sound the letter on their tummy made. She wanted to make sure they were colored perfect, nothing outside the lines. So I just let her do it at her pace. Since Ev finished his copywork in record time he read half of his "Dolphins at Daybreak" book. Lucas joined in by coloring mommy a really nice picture. Then they took some free time and went upstairs to play some games and watch a short movie. We then had lunch which they insisted on eating on cafeteria style trays in the school room. It was a school day after all! Then they had about 30 minutes of outside time and at 1400 Lucas went down for his nap. Ev, Annika and I had our afternoon session which was Math and Science today. We werefinished for the day by 1500. I even managed to clean the kitchen and mop the floor during morning break.
Ev's first day picture Annika's first day picture
All in all it was a perfect day.
Well we did it the first day of the school year is under our belts. The kids did great. We got up at our usual times. Me at 0900, the kids at 0930. They got dressed and I helped them brush their teeth. We then had breakfast. From 1000-1130 we did Language arts and Geography. Ev blasted right through it, but Annika, ever the perfectionist took 1 hour and 10 minutes to do her 1 language arts paper. She had about 9 bears to color depending on the sound the letter on their tummy made. She wanted to make sure they were colored perfect, nothing outside the lines. So I just let her do it at her pace. Since Ev finished his copywork in record time he read half of his "Dolphins at Daybreak" book. Lucas joined in by coloring mommy a really nice picture. Then they took some free time and went upstairs to play some games and watch a short movie. We then had lunch which they insisted on eating on cafeteria style trays in the school room. It was a school day after all! Then they had about 30 minutes of outside time and at 1400 Lucas went down for his nap. Ev, Annika and I had our afternoon session which was Math and Science today. We werefinished for the day by 1500. I even managed to clean the kitchen and mop the floor during morning break.
Ev's first day picture Annika's first day picture
All in all it was a perfect day.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Ready to start our new year
Well it's that time of year again, we are about to start our 2nd year of homeschooling. The kids and I spent some time this afternoon sprucing up the school room and we're all rarin' to go.
I will do my best to keep things updated every few weeks at least. As you can see here at our new blog home we have been able to add some more information along the side, things like the curriculum we use, websites we like as well as pictures of our school room. We hope you enjoy our blog.
We wish you all the best.
I will do my best to keep things updated every few weeks at least. As you can see here at our new blog home we have been able to add some more information along the side, things like the curriculum we use, websites we like as well as pictures of our school room. We hope you enjoy our blog.
We wish you all the best.
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