Sep. 28, 2009 - Here's to a new week.
One of the things I love about homeschooling is the ability to rewrite my schedule constantly. Like last week I had sick kids in a domino effect so not much got done. The whole month of September hasn't gone according to my plan. Oddly I'm okay with that.
I've apparently been teaching something because my kids have been spouting knowledge like a gyser and I had no idea they were actually paying attention. I am so grateful for our Tuesday classes. My boy is even starting to secretly take an interest in reading. I listened at his bedroom door for almost ten minutes the other night while he read from his Bible. Tears pooled in my eyes from joy. (For those just joining, my son has a disorder. It's called the "I don't want to read" disorder and it has been consistant for 4 years to the point of I was willing to put him in public school so I didn't have to deal with him.) Between watching his friends read on Tuesdays and the more "unschooled" schooled year we are currently doing he is reading without fights, tears, threats or punishment. Mommy is so happy.
Next week I start introducing nouns, adjectives, verbs, punctuations, etc. My boy knows them but now it is time for his sister's to learn and quite frankly he could use a refresher course. I'm thinking about using the HOAC lapbook Operation: English Grammar. My oldest two have really taken a shine to the Pizza Party lapbook and my youngest wants to skip addition and go straight to multiplication so she can do it too. I wish they had one for addition and subtraction so my little Monkey could be doing one. I wish I had known about lapbooking years ago.
We actually got started on time today. Yipee! Spelling and their Science experiement in flight are knocked out and now they are working on copywork. After that we are moving on to Math. That should put us at lunch time, which I need to start thinking about now. After lunch, Bible, including the word find puzzle I took this weeks spelling list from and the Ancient civilization we are studing this month, plus reading. That should end our day very nicely.
By January my son should be up to speed on his reading skills, now that he is wanting to read, that I can introduce book reports. I always loved book reports when I was in school. Gave me an excuse to read. Hopefully my kids will enjoy them as well.
Then starts the chore list. We have a guest coming to stay with us for the weekend and I want this place spotless. Not a bad way to start the week. We stay on schedule and I see game day Friday in our future.
