1st day of School

MJ and Joshua did rather well today.

We started out slow and finished within 3 hours =)

They only did one page per subject today , wanted to make it quick and painless for them since it was first day back and all..

We accomplished-

Reading - Me orally to Joshua and then MJ orally to Joshua and me.I love it the same way I read to MJ when he was little he is doing the exact same things to Joshua.. Explaining the big words and then telling him what they mean and gives examples to them too =)

Writing - Practiced Lower Case and Alphabets with Joshua and address update and in Science as well.

With MJ writing was - updating address and memory of the new address and telephone number

He also had to write for English and Science.

Bible Study was great , starting at the front of course in Genesis..

They cant wait till tomorrow to learn what happened next..I am cutting off half of the lesson to make them be anxious about the way it ends so far it is working GREAT!!!

Math went easily , Joshua had some problems but we will overcome this.

MJ's math went great , better than I expected..I had to help with with an aid to help but thats ok too.. With him having Tourette Syndrome and OCD it is a handful to take in but we will manage by Trial and Error and get it right to succeed.

English was good and when I read orally to Joshua it was on the subject English was on , by pure coincidense....

Science we learned about Ants and then we began making a LapBook for ANTS...

We also watched an episode of The Magic School Bus - Ants in his Pants.

Then we went outside and gathered some Ants up in cups and got them into our Ant Farm container =) That was a feat and a hurtful one for me LOL... MJ placed his cup down to scoop them and got one on him and he screamed bloody murder.. So needless to say I will have nightmares about ants for awhile seeing as I had to scoop them all into the cups and place lids on them and oh my word , they were all over me.. AHHHH!!!

I got bit of course by a few but all is good in education..right?huh?? LOL

We then did Art Class while making the LapBook by making them draw , color , cut out their ant pictures to place in the LapBook. Made them measure as well , had to get some more math in ya know..

Then the Crafts part was putting Glue on cardboard and then spinkling sand all over it and glueing some grass ( green construction paper) under the dirt ( sand)

and then tomorrow we will follow up with that project. Again , I cut it off making them want to do it tomorrow .. Anticipation is not my kids strong suit....

But it was a very good day. We took breaks for Breakfast , and Snack time was when we watched the Magic School Bus DVD and Lunch followed after Art class..

I was excited and see where my so called organized room was'nt as well organized as I thought =)

I pride myself in cleanliness , organization skills and the On Top of it theme..

Well I was wrong ...My stuff is very well organzied in its own little organizer cubby ( plastic shoe boxes) but placing them together was the big thing..I have about 30 plastic shoe boxes and they are nicely stacked under the media table area, and well, this is'nt going to work..

I was flipping lids off all day to find out what I needed and where they were located.. Today I am off to the Label dept to get a label maker to label the containers to make it easier on me..

I am also going to need more ink for the printer as I love what www.edhelper.com lets you download and print for free.. These facts and sketches of the Ants was very easy , kids loved them, and asked if we could do them daily..So I need more ink..