Beginning Our Journey

Apr. 23, 2007

180 days down! Woohoo! And Got my TOS magazine today.

Ok. We officially logged in 180 days into the homeschool tracker today! Yippee! But I have 2 more weeks of scheduled preK stuff. I had extra days for field trips etc. But I want to finish out my sonlight weeks. I cannot miss something good! I have stuff planned for our summer too. But a light schedule. Some Bible, reading aloud to mommy, and a few odds and ends workbooks.  Nothing horrid but enough to keep us in the homeschool mindset. And things I want to finish up before we start her Kindergarten. This has been a really great first year of homeschooling. I am very proud of Alyssa. She has blossomed so much over the past year. I remember thinking - oh my Gosh not another cut and paste page. How can she cut! Her fingers barely hold the scissors! And now she buzzes through them and they are her favorite pages! I remember thinking she is NEVER going to learn her lowercase letters! And racking my online friends to how to get her to know them. Just let her read and see them over and over in day to day life. She will learn them, Stefanie advised me. Told me not to worry about it just let it happen. Yeah right! I need drills, I want practice for her.... lo and behold... It happened! She just learned them on her own I remember picking up a Sonlight catalog and having no clue what I was looking at. Now a year into homeschooling and I am explaining the ropes to newbies I feel so invigorated! Hear me roar! ::::Beating chest:::::: And I feel like I am stepping up into a new title. I am going to be homeschooling Kindergarten! the Moment of truth. Will my dd get on the big yellow bus like all the people in the secular world think she should!? Will I REALLY keep her home (where she belongs!?)  Before she was just in preschool. She was not really, not going to school. I would find out how "nice" it is to put the kids off to school. Have my freedom... NO WAY! Inlaws can start talking now. I am REALLY going to be NOt putting her in school! I did NOT go to Kindergarten Orientation! Woo hoo! I am official! _____________________________________________________________________________ Got my TOS magazine today. Man I love and hate that magazine! I hate that it takes soooo long to read. I hate that I cannot lightly fluff through it. Just browse and go to sleep. I hate that! I hate that I have to pour into every article and CANNOT skim. It is just too good. The article from JenIG as usual - did not disappoint me. It was great! There is a SUPER article from Ken Ham! I really really want my dh to read it. The only problem is it is really long. I do not think he will read one that long. But on the other hand. It is soooooooooo good! Every bit of it is something I needed/wanted to read! Awesome article. I LOVE that magazine so much! Thank you TOS for giving me such a great resource. I am only to the readers comments section and I have been reading it all day!

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Apr. 25, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Prncsstefy

Well, you know how I hate to say "I told you so" so I'll just think it. LOL I'm glad she learned those letter. =o)

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Apr. 27, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by DanielleW

LOL, your post had me pumped up. It is a great feeling almost being finished with Kindergarten! What fun! Even though we still have 3 weeks to go, I'm already looking forward to First grade!

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May. 2, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by JenIG

thanks for the kind words. and congrats on your 180 days! awesome!!

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