HomeSchool - Day 2
Today started a little better, and yet, worse. Dennis woke up feeling awful with a sinus infection. He was actually awake and coughing at 4:30am. Ugh! But Faith was awake and fussing a bit to eat, so when he got in the shower, I decided to go ahead and feed her. At 5:30am, I prepared breakfast and lunch for Dennis and he left at about 6:15am. A few moments to myself, I decided to check emails. At 7:15am, I woke up Charis and jumped in the shower while she readied for school. When I went to the boys' room, Andrew was trying to talk, but he sounded more like a bullfrog. No kidding!
Well, we tried to start at 8:00am with violin lessons while I fixed breakfast for the kids. The phone rang, and when I answered, I ended up having to call Dennis. 15 minutes later we started again. Violin lessons done and breakfast finished by 9:00am, we started on the school work. Again, mostly review, although now Charis got to practice writing a bit of cursive. I didn't realize they were started this early; I didn't learn cursive until about 3rd grade. All in all it went well, with only a few interruptions from Matthew wanting to sit next to Charis and help her color. Andrew was fussy, but not quite as demanding as yesterday.
We finished school for the day at about 11:45am and broke for lunch. Now, they are all taking naps and I get some more "me" time before I have to feed Faith and start working on supper plans. I think we will have leftovers. I have some hamburgers, fried rice, spaghetti and ribeye steaks to make a good buffet. =)
Well, we tried to start at 8:00am with violin lessons while I fixed breakfast for the kids. The phone rang, and when I answered, I ended up having to call Dennis. 15 minutes later we started again. Violin lessons done and breakfast finished by 9:00am, we started on the school work. Again, mostly review, although now Charis got to practice writing a bit of cursive. I didn't realize they were started this early; I didn't learn cursive until about 3rd grade. All in all it went well, with only a few interruptions from Matthew wanting to sit next to Charis and help her color. Andrew was fussy, but not quite as demanding as yesterday.
We finished school for the day at about 11:45am and broke for lunch. Now, they are all taking naps and I get some more "me" time before I have to feed Faith and start working on supper plans. I think we will have leftovers. I have some hamburgers, fried rice, spaghetti and ribeye steaks to make a good buffet. =)
HomeSchool - Day 1
I started homeschooling Charis today. We are using A Beka curriculum and she is in K-5. My plan was to start at 8am with violin practicing and then school until about lunch time. Andrew woke up this morning with a soaked-full diaper which immediately woke up the rest of the household by 6:30 am. I wasn't going to wake the children up until 7:30, with the exception of Charis, who would get up at 7am.
After bathing Andrew and getting Dennis out the door for work, I prepared breakfast for the children. While they ate, I took a quick shower. Then I fed Faith. So we officially started her lessons at about 8:15am; not too far off my goal. I washed dishes while she practiced and then we started schooling.
Most of what she is doing is review, she knows alot already. Numbers, colors, letters. She already can read quite a bit and can spell as well as write. So, it went much faster than I anticipated. We took a few breaks and were totally finished for the day by 11:15am. So, I guess I can pretty much plan a 3-hour school day.
At 2pm, I headed out the door for her violin lessons, but since Andrew seems to have a sore throat, possibly strep, we cancelled them (her teacher has four kids of her own and we don't want to spread any kind of infection if at all possible!)
I feel good about today's school work and I hope tomorrow will be better... and that Andrew won't be demanding my every minute of attention.
After bathing Andrew and getting Dennis out the door for work, I prepared breakfast for the children. While they ate, I took a quick shower. Then I fed Faith. So we officially started her lessons at about 8:15am; not too far off my goal. I washed dishes while she practiced and then we started schooling.
Most of what she is doing is review, she knows alot already. Numbers, colors, letters. She already can read quite a bit and can spell as well as write. So, it went much faster than I anticipated. We took a few breaks and were totally finished for the day by 11:15am. So, I guess I can pretty much plan a 3-hour school day.
At 2pm, I headed out the door for her violin lessons, but since Andrew seems to have a sore throat, possibly strep, we cancelled them (her teacher has four kids of her own and we don't want to spread any kind of infection if at all possible!)
I feel good about today's school work and I hope tomorrow will be better... and that Andrew won't be demanding my every minute of attention.
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