| The Rhythm of Our Days |
Will Work For FoodSchool in the evening is going well. For a closer look at a typical day that incorporates our new schedule see this postUntil Dad has more time to either blog or update me so I can do it, I'll have to guess at what they're working on from what I hear now and then as I do other stuff. But here's what I know: Firstborn: During the day I've started enlisting his help more with Phat Baby. Sunshine rightly pointed out that I usually deferred to her and she wanted to "share" the task a bit more. Fair enough. So Firstborn has been learning to attend to basic needs like carrying his brother, getting him up after a nap, making him a cup of milk, helping him eat without making a mess, etc. He's learning to bake cornbread with mixed sucess. I need to suprvise more closely if today's effort was any indication. He's been building with legos often. And he's very anxious to earn money for his stamp collection. Today he washed my car for funds; I sometimes pay him to babysit. He offered to help the neighbor clean off her porch but she turned him down. Undaunted he's trying to think of other things the neighbors may need done that they'd pay him for. He started reading HP5 again (when oh when will he EVER read anything but HP?!) and Dad has him in the McGuffey 5th Reader. We've started Math U See during the day, watching the video lesson and working with blocks. Today was an extra long lesson so I "bought" their added attention with the promise of chocolate chip cookie bars as soon as it was finished. They've made friends with the cooridinator of the tutoring school across the street; started soccer yesterday, and had a cub scout swim party this week. Sunshine: really into letter writing these days! Likes to address and stamp them before I get a chance to see them (or correct her spelling!). Sometimes they don't make it to their destinations because the zip code is missing or something. She's a rollerblading queen. And she's also turned some kind of "hygene corner": making her bed daily, dressing, and coming down for breakfast with hair and teeth brushed. No more ratty hair for the most part. She's in McGuffey's 3rd Reader. She's memorized many lines from Alice in Wonderland and quotes from it often. Baby Ruth is someone she' very excited to meet; her baby cousin due to be born at the end of the year. W: What a stinker these days! Dramatic and stormy a good half of the day, cracking me up with silliness the other half. We're through the vowels in Phonics Pathways. He's learned to write his last name finally and is most proud of mastering the writing of a lower-case "a". Lower case letters have been hard for him. I think he, like his big brother, will be a bit later to write. I'm doing First Language Lessons with him and Singapore Math. He's also watching the Math U See videos during the day. Today I baked cookies with him and Phat Baby; his reward for supervising Phat Baby while I washed the lunch dishes. We're reading A Bear Called Paddington. Phat Baby: busy!!! Make that BUSY! I'm trying to get a sandbox set up for him but can't find a Little Tykes turtle anywhere. I really want a lid due to our cat population. I can build one if I have to but a lid that won't get too heavy and will be weather proof has me a bit stumped. I'm glad the grandparents are coming this weekend and can bring his riding car and little kitchen. Maybe that will help keep him a little more occupied. He's been watching everyone potty with interest but hates to go when his diaper is off. I think that will change soon though. 3:36 PM - Aug. 30, 2006 - post comment
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DescriptionLabels don't fit. Not 'homeschooler", not "unschooler" not "classical educator". We are a family. We learn, we play, we read, we fight, we laugh, we struggle, and we discover together. We shun the calendar and packaged curriculum. You won't find a "teacher's guide" with a schedule making me it's slave within these walls. What you will find is a group of people, sometimes rough around the edges, digging in the dirt to grow things, reading books to expand our minds, paint up to our elbows, chickens in the yard, something simmering on the stove, and maybe tea on the front porch....this is a record of The Rhythm of Our Days. Living, Learning, Laughing, and Loving. Home User Profile Archives Recent Entries - I'm MOVING!!! - Really like this idea.... - Breezy Easy - need a second cup..... - Times Links • Living Deliberately • Living Math • Our Area's Cooperative • The Bonny Glen • Every Waking Hour • Live and Learn • Bravewriter Lifestyle Friends |
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