Nothing earth-shatteirng to share, but want to maintain that "once-a-weeker" title.  The remodel continues.  I'm in the process of choosing cabinets, though we are a long way from having the kitchen ready for them. I've gotten one bid and have another appointment tomorrow.  I've also had someone bid outfitting the schoolroom with shelves, drawers, etc.  I think her bid was too high (imagine that!)  but it gives me a starting place and an idea of what to do with the space.  Design is definitely not a strength of mine.

A reasonable good day at school.  As we continue our Weaver studies learning about protection, today's Bible readings focused on how obedience to His word gives us protection.  We also discussed the concept of "pure" using a white sheet of paper, then placing a tiny speck of black ink on the paper ruining it's purity.  K & C drew pictures of their heads, then added pictures of thoughts inside their heads - trying to get the concept of thinking on things that are lovely, true, pure, etc.

We also watched a video about the nervouse system, read a book about the brain and visited an online site where a portion of the brain had been mapped out - the portion controlling  motor skills.  The kids were able to click on an area of the brain and see which body part moved as a result of their probe.  Handwriting for both, reviewed memory verses and beginning to undertake the passage in Ephesians about the armor of God (Ephesians 6:11-17)  Both read aloud to me.  C is doing well, though we really haven't had much structure teaching in phonics.

Introduced this week's spelling words for K and also reviewed the concept of pronouns for grammar.  Math - we're still reviewing concepts from Saxon 2 and have been pretty hit and miss with K's math lately.  But overall a good learning day, and still had time for a trip to Home Depot. 

I bought Math-U-See for C at our HS convention a couple of weeks ago but haven't had the time or inspiration to pop in the DVD yet.  I think I'll do that tonight. 

Have any of you tried the Learnables program for a foreign language?  if so, please let me know what you thought of it.  We're looking into programs for next year and the Rosetta Stone rep said it's more appropriate for 3rd grade and up.  My eldest will be in 2nd grade, so we're seeing what other options are available.

Blessing to you as you teach you children!

Robin