Sep. 8, 2008 -
One of my new resolutions for the school year is to try to blog about our day-to-day activities on a more regular basis. The key word there is TRY!
SO first off, I'll start with my 10th grader Sam. Sam didn't finish all of his 9th grade work and as a result he is working frantically to get it all done so that he can start THIS year's work. I think he felt a little bit hopeless and helpless about it. After reminding him (gently an with out an "I told you so" sound in my voice - well, mabye just a little) that he had ALL SUMMER to get this work done, I worked out a plan for him to tackle it in bite sized pieces. I think he felt much better after that. I wrote out what he needed to get done today and then I drove him down to the library so that he could work in peace and relative quiet! And when I picked him up three hours later - he actually had it done! I think I may have found a solution to Sam's concentration problem!
Gabe and Noah and I worked on their literature book, taking turns reading three chapters. Gabe got almost all of chapter one of the General Science book read, and Izzy and I worked on her reading workbook.
That doesn't sound like much but I like to get us back into the groove bit by bit instead of the full emersion method! Anyway, I feel like we had a pretty good "official" first day.
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