Aug. 6, 2007 - First day of school!
I'm now officially a homeschooling momma! We had our first day of school today- wa-ho! Jonathan was all pumped up and ready to go this morning! That excitement lasted until we were doing phonics and he started having problems writing his short a's- he had to practice writing his lower case and upper case a's. He didn't know how to do them right and he gets easily frustrated if he doesn't know how to do something just perfect. So instead of practicing until he gets it he'd rather just forget about it all together. Well, that's just not an option anymore! I hope this gets easier rather than harder! I'm still excited though! He was having an easy time recognizing and distinguishing between the upper A's and the lower a's. That in itself encouraged me a little bit. We just have to work on controlling his hand movements when writing- does that make sense?! I know I should have been working with him more before we even started school, but quite honestly I had been savoring my last few years of no school! I was being lazy. Hmmmm...sigh...shame on me...I know. Oh well, anyway Austin should be a little more prepared when we start school with him in a couple years. Being he sat right by me and colored while I was doing school with Jonathan. He's also my one that has an easier time sitting for longer periods of time. Jonathan and even Noah have a very hard time staying still. They have to be moving at all times! I don't understand them- I can sit and do 'nothing' for hours! Lol! :) Here are some pictures of Jonathan's first day of school!
Here he is quite frustrated at not being able to write 'perfect' a's...
Here are the books we are using this year- so far I like them...
Another thing I have been up to is trying to sew a perfect all in one cloth diaper! I know my sister is going to think I have absolutely lost my marbles, but honestly I am sick and tired of spending hard earned money on disposable diapers! It costs us at least $40 a month! Plus the cloth diapers I have made so sticken cute it's not funny! They really seem to work too! I should give a pictorial tour on how I make one. I'm going to try and sew some today and I will 'try' to take pictures as I go. Anyway here are a couple pictures of my Noah trying one out. I couldn't get a very good picture but it gives you an idea of how cute they are!
I hope you have a wonderful day!
Comments
Aug. 6, 2007 - On the hand writing thing......
Posted by PatinTenn
There are all kinds of things to use, for him to write with his finger and practice the "movement" of the letter. You could use sugar, flour, sand, rice, cool-whip, or anything that you can think of that he can "move" his finger through to practice the movement of the letter, then have him try again on paper.
I hope this helps. Hang in there, it does get better. I just graduated my first daughter and I have two more to go. One in the 8th gr and one in 4th gr. I can honestly say, "Been there, done that" and "Have the t-shirt to prove it", lol !!
Good luck!!
Pat
Aug. 7, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by TwmCrm2001
