We have started week 3 of school. It is seemingly going well. Charis is learning a few new things, although alot of it is review for what she has learned on her own time up until now. She already knows her ABC's and can count to 100 easily, so she is learning some math and how to alternate things in sequence. This was a new one to her for sure. Colors were already down pat, so she is enjoying just coloring, especially things by number. We are learning some things about different countries: Mexico, Peru and now England. We purchased two wall-sized maps, one of the world and the other of the United States, so we can look at everything as we learn where it is. Now, I just need to find a couple of walls big enough to post them up on.
I am still finding it a bit difficult to keep Matthew and Andrew occupied while she schools. I can let Matthew color pretty much unsupervised, but not Andrew. He wants to drag all the toys out and then leaves a huge mess for the rest of us to clean up.
Our schedule allows us to be finished by noon with lunch and a nap to follow before the kids are allowed outside to play. It's a challenge to homeschool, but I am truly enjoying it. And I believe Charis is too!
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. =)
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