I still can't catch up this week and am having a hard time realizing that it is Friday already. I'm not sure what we have done all week. Tonight I'm very excited about going to a curriculum share with my homeschool group! These ladies are a wealth of information and are full of encouragement. I told them I had nothing to bring to share but I'm bringing a great big empty notebook for soaking up their knowledge. I'm so thankful that these ladies are in my life and they NEVER make me feel dumb for asking a newbie homeschool question.
In our homeschool this week…
The girls are half way through their kindergarten math book. We are seeing lots of great progress when it comes to counting and letter writing. Emma spends a good hour a day just writing letters that have no meaning and asking me what they spell. I really do love that she is so interested. Both of the girls are doing well when it comes to reading. We're pretty solid with the "at" family of words! We did our first every copywork this week. Lots of correcting on letter formation but I think they will get the hang of it and eventually they will have written out the entire Lord's Prayer.
Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…
We had friends over one day this week. That is always a nice change of pace. We had a pancake tea party and then played outside in the 100 mile an hour wind, it's too hard to play inside when it's 80. Other than that it was the normal: art, swimming, church and hopefully library today trips.
My favorite thing this week was…
Thursday it was cold and rainy so we took a big stack of books into my bed and all cuddled under the blankets and read for almost an hour. It was wonderful! This mom could have stayed and read a lot longer but apparently my children felt the need to eat dinner.
What’s working/not working for us…
I am really enjoying our relaxed schedule. We've decided to school year round so I feel like we can really take things slow. Usually next week would be our week off but we're saving that for when grandma and aunt and cousins come to visit in a few weeks. Otherwise it would usually be 9 weeks on, 1 week off... and it works great for us!
I’m grateful for…
New friends. Our transition to Tulsa was a hard one but after being here 7.5 months I can honestly say that we are enjoying it.
Happy Weekend!
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4 comments:
Awe! What a sweet photo of your bedtime reading! (And some fun books there! LOL) My youngest and I have started a new "tradition" of reading a Kindle picture book (borrowed from library) in bed. It's a wonderful way to settle down for the night...or to have some quiet afternoon time!
Enjoy your new schedule! We school year round too. I like giving myself 52 weeks to get through 36 weeks of lesson plans. It gives us plenty of time for field trips, sick days and goofing off.
Yay for relaxed schedules! Looks like a good week:) The wind was crazy though wasn't it?!
Reading is good anytime, as we all know...but on a rainy day, snuggled in bed together with little ones...you just can't beat that!! :) Thanks for sharing your week!
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