Sep. 18, 2006 - Drumroll, please!
I have to keep this kind of brief because
my carpal tunnel is really acting up tonight...ouch! There are a
few things as certain as death and taxes that I can count on when
expecting a baby....
1. A terrifying and grueling 2 weeks of excruciating headaches in my 2nd trimester (all done with those, thank God!)
2. My face exploding in more zits than a high school chess team.
3. My nose ballooning up like the goodyear blimp.
and...
4. My carpal tunnel flaring up.
Ahhh...the things we endure for these sweet little people!
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We officially began our first day of lessons today! The kids were
debriefed last night about the change in schedule so they'd know what
to expect this morning. I did not get up as early as planned to
exercize because I was up til 2 am last night helping my husband get
packed and ready for his new job (he must live on the jobsite for 2
weeks at a time) and up this morning at 4:30 to say goodbye. I
went back to sleep, and while the kids and I didn't get up til 9, we
did in fact begin our lessons schedule on time at 10am.
Yay! Here's a look at our day...(or what it WILL look like from
tomorrow on)...
6:00am- Mom up for 1 hour of personal time. Reading, devotionals, bible, fresh air outside, whatever.
7:00am- Mom does prenatal exercize dvd for 30 minutes
7:30am- Mom showers and dresses. I don't bother with hair and
makeup unless we have to go somewhere. The boys love me even when
I look like night of the living dead.
8:00am- Boys up! Make beds, get dressed, feed dog.
8:30am- Breakfast and begin morning chores (dishes, vacuum, fold any
clothes, take out trash). This goes on until 10. Meanwhile,
I am doing my own housecleaning and getting things set up to teach and
setting baby Charlie up with stuff to keep him busy during our first
Lesson Block.
10am-12pm- Lessons, in this order:
Family devotions (we are using the book of Proverbs at present)
Bible lessons( using Christian Liberty Press' Studying God's Word series)
Math (using Horizons math)
History (Dominic using CLP's Story of the Middle Ages, Zachary using CLP's Our Nation Under God)
12pm-12:30pm- Lunch and begin afternoon chores (spot tidying, dishes)
then free time til 1:30 when we begin our 2nd Lesson Block which goes
from 1:30 to 3:30. Charlie goes down to nap from about 1 to 3 so
this gives us lots of quiet uninterrputed time to work. He is
SUCH a good napper!
1:30-3:30- Second Lesson Block, in this order:
Geography (both boys using the Spectrum series)
Language arts (Dominic uses Bob Jones Vocabulary at a 7th grade level,
Konos' Learn to Write The Novel Way, and the McGuffey progressive
speller. Zach uses Horizon's Spelling & Vocabulary and later
AOP Lifepac Lang. Arts.)
Health (both use Steck-Vaughn health text)
Penmanship (Zach uses horizons, Dommie just practices cursive from a practice book.
Science will get added in when we're done with the Health course, but
right now we're reading a fascinating book called Life Before Birth
available from homeschoolingbooks.com which gives kids a Christian perspective on how life begins and why it's God's plan and design. Wonderful book, only $11.
Okay then, there you have it! Of course, I mean this schedule to
be simply a tool. We will not become slaves to it and I refuse to
stress out if math doesn't get done on time or we have to take an extra
day to complete a history worksheet. Notgundoit!
I hope everyone else's school years are going swimmingly so far! Blessings!
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Hi there! I am Shannon, wife and helpmeet to Charles, and proud Mama to Dominic, 10..Zachary, 7..and little Charlie, who is a precious 1 year old! Share in our days and homeschooling adventures as we live, laugh, and grow together, embraced in the tender arms of our Lord Jesus. You may find other stuff here, too!
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