Posted in Homeschooling

School has been going well lately. Check out my other blog to see all the healthy changes we are making. Healthy changes means more energy for mom. YAY! We are actually almost on the right day for schooling. Im used to being up to a week behind. We did  miss a day last week, because I was sick but we are back and going strong. I just dont understand how my younger daughter is all caught  up but my oldest daughter stays a day behind. Something to research for the next few weeks I guess. We will not take as much time off in November as I wanted, because we are not where I wanted us to be. However I just discovered if we stay the course my oldest daughter is going to finish her Saxon 3 ahead of schedule next year. She starts Saxon 3 in two weeks. She needs to be at least half way through it by May when we have testing. She is doing great and should be ahead of target by May. My 1st grader will finish Saxon Phonics K this week and will start Spelling Workout A and First Language Lessons the week after that.

Im so very impressed with their reading abilities. They have both taken off. We have them read some from an assigned book every night before Bible time and they are doing great.

I will start my 3 and 5 year old on Saxon Math K and Ordinary Parents Guide to Reading in January. We are also doing letter of the week and reading a lot. I am working on keeping these two together for as long as possible. He is excelling in simple math excercises and letter recognition already so I think it will be safe to at least start them together.

The baby is being read to often. We are also starting Baby Signs with him. We are not expecting much but its fun and the older kids enjoy learning signs and showing them to him. I like to sing counting songs to him, like the duckies and the Indians. He likes those and will laugh while you sing them. Right now we are doing "more", "eat", "drink", and occasionally "sleep". He watches us so intently I know his little brain is just a working to proccess the information. He has learned what "no" means. Its so funny to see him think about something when you tell him "no". He sits there hand in mid air looking at you, his hand, and the object he so wants to touch. Then he either decides to touch earning a rebuke or not to touch earning a big smile and lots of praise. I also like to see him test his theory by touching something and being rebuked a few times. Then he smiles at you and wanders on to the next job. He is just amazing to me.

Well hubby and I are off to snuggle on the couch with Braveheart. Neither one of us has seen it and he really wanted to so here we go.