We had some running around to do this morning and then we went to Friendly's for breakfast. I don't know what it is about eating breakfast out, but we like it.
     Anyway, then we went to the library and Hannah signed up for a ballerina party. There will be a real ballerina there. She is very excited.
     I got a great DVD about the Kingdom of Elephants - I can't wait to watch is. It looks very interesting. I love elephants. Brena picked out a video -Lizzy McGuire and Hannah picked out Hercules.
     I worked last night for about 3 hours to reorganize and try to hone our system. I haven't been accomplishing what I want to accomplish each day. I've decided to plan out on paper each day for each girl for each subject/part of subject. Each girl will have a folder which includes a summary and the worksheets or activity instructions for the day. I have also added an "objectives for the week" card for each girl. This gives me a summary of what we should master by week end.
     I am very happy with our new system. The girl's like it too. It will take about 6 hours extra per week on my part, but it will help us get a lot more accomplished and will probably shave time off the hours of actual time we spend in school because the girls will know what is expected of them at a glance into their folders. 
     I didn't have a lot of "are we almost done?" questions because they can see if they are almost done. Very cool. Very glad to have decided to bite the bullet and make the change.
     Also, I made up posters with the multiples of each number from 3 to 12..... We are working on 3's right now but we sing the multiples to the Frere Jacques tune....
3    6    9     12
3    6    9     12
15     18
15     18
21     24
21     24
27
27
     We started this yesterday..... they can already sing the multiples of 3! And last night I started quizzing them on "what is the 7th multiple of 3" or 3x7..... the poster I made has the number of the multiple right next to the multiple but in a shaded color and smaller.... so as they are looking at the poster singing the 7 is next to 21 to indicate that it is the other factor to multiply with 3 to get the multiple (or product).
     That sounded terribly confusing. But it isn't. Anyway. We are focusing on the "Multiples of 3" and "Long A" words this week. The objectives card is also where I list old ideas that haven't been mastered so that I can add activities which will "bring those home". So all in all today will be a very productive day. I do not have dinner considered yet. I am behind on my menu planning! Oops! I gotta get back to making a menu and planning ahead - I'm lost without it. It takes time but it saves so much time later.
     Ahhh, it's chicken and mashed potatoes and asparagus. We've decided.
     The girls have worked hard and since we had a late breakfast out - we only ate a snack for lunch. We are all hungry. They are watching Hercules while I cook. There is no more schooling that can be done on those empty bellies. We will finish after dinner. 
     Then showers and practicing our AWANA sections. I will then have to work on my homework for classes and additional planning for the week for the girls. It's gonna be a long nite.......

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