| The Rhythm of Our Days |
Rainy Fall DaySoccer, which has barely gotten started for rainy days, is cancelled yet again. The maples are turning red outside and the walnuts, yellow. We spent the afternoon hot glueing fall potporrie to a foam wreath for the front door; it turned out so great! One of these days I'll get around to being able to post pics.I baked oatmeal cookies with W and Sunshine. They are gone now but 4. It was a small batch but they are still Cookie Monsters. I'm trying to save the remaining few for Dad. Speaking of....he's been working hard with them in the evenings and they love it! They are still working through their poem and they spend a lot of time on spelling. He's also teaching them the 5 Intellectual Virtues: understanding, science, wisdom, prudence, and art. They spend a good deal of time discussing "why" they are being taught what they are. We've also been doing a Math U See lesson a day. They like the guy on the video and how he counts; two-T-nine, three-T-five, etc. W has been blending sounds. His writing is true to a 6 year old boy: atrocious. I need to order My Printing Book by HWT for him. Today we started memorizing the Whole Duty of Children by Robert Louis Stevenson. I hope to get him to 2-3 poems per week. Sunday they visited the church in town with us and attended Sunday school. All the classes are doing different levels of the same thing and we happened to come the day they started a 3 year survey of the OT. Good timing! They started with a dramatization and then broke off into classes. First Born's class took turns reading the creation account verse by verse. His opinion? "So much better than that stupid craft stuff they always make you do in Sunday School". Sunshine's class did nearly the same thing but also used a lesson book. Being mostly girls, they also took some time to get to know one another :-). W's class also had a lesson time and playdough. He says, "We learned about Adam and Eve thankyou." I sat with Phat Baby, who liked the story time and the grab bag with different examples of the 5 senses (fluffy for touch, Peanut Butter for smell, etc). In all the classes they served sugary snacks and drinks. Added fodder for wondering why church's sometimes beleive kids can't sit through church. Well not if they're sugared up first! Duh..... I'm inspired by a friend of mine's efforts to educate in a more relaxed way. I feel the loss of a library acutely. Next week starts our co-op's classes. Tutoring will also start that day; scouts and AHG starts this week. Soccer, as I said, is on going sort of, and we have yet to make a decision on music. Time to go make a frittata. 5:33 PM - Sep. 12, 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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