Mystery of Hist. Vol. 2
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CQLA Pre-A
Purposeful Design Spelling
A Reason for Handwriting
Literature from Library (Ambleside Online)
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"Kade" Age Four
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 EZ Lessons
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"It is only by introducing the young
to great literature, drama, and music,
and to the excitement
of great science,
that we open to them
the possibilities
that lie within the human spirit--
enable them to see visions
and dream dreams."
Eric Anderson
Currently Reading
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Huckleberry Finn
Rick and I are reading together
I am reading
The Discarded Image
by: CS Lewis
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The Daily Bible
and
Plants Grown Up and
For Instruction in Righteousness
by: Doorposts
Big Truths for Little Kids
Cale and Joe are reading
Animal Farm
Cale is reading:
Land Under the Pole Star
by:
Joe is reading:
Island of the Blue Dolphin
by:
Kade is reading:
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Selah
Steven Curtis Chapman
Chris Tomlin
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Keith Green
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Quote Collection
"Til sin be bitter,
Christ will not be sweet."
Thomas Watson
"We wish you PEACE
It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.
It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart."
unknown
"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness
has never danced in the rain."
unknown
"All I have seen teaches me to
trust the Creator
for all I have not seen."
Emerson
"There is only one way to lead a child down the right path
that is to go that way yourself."
unknown
"We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Cleaning and scrubbing
can wait 'til tomorrow.
For babies grow up,
we learn to our sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs!
Dust, go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby,
and babies don't keep!"
unknown
Oct. 22, 2009 - Perfect Procrastination
As I was writing out our lessons on the wipe erase board this week I was aware of one thing that has held me back in homeschooling during the past seven+ years. I have this desire to want things (like spelling lessons) to begin on Monday and end on Friday. Ya know, like you get the new list on Monday, work on it through the week and then test on Friday. Our CQLA is set up kinda that way, too, with copywork on Monday, working on grammar and comp during the week and finishing up with dictation and a final composition on Fridays.
That is all well and good, so how does that hold me back...........if we get off kilter due to illness? I tend to want to wait for a new week to start over rather than begin "day one" on, say, a Wednesday.
The problem with that is if I do it enough, I get way behind on our year and my child is finishing up last year's work long after it should have been done. So, now I find myself at the board forcing myself to write day one work on a day that is not the beginning of the week so we don't get farther behind after an illness like the flu.
I've noticed the same "problem" in a couple of my children.
Yesterday we went on a lovely field trip to a farm. It was like visiting Dr. Doolittle with the variety of animals out there. We didn't get home until after lunchtime at which point I told the boys to start their bookwork. Joe tried to inform me that he cannot begin his work after 12 noon. He has to start it before noon or he simply cannot do it at all. Uh-huh. That did not fly with me and I convinced him that he could indeed begin his work after noon.
Joy is potty training, as I menitoned before. I have been using a timer to help us remember to go potty.
She is hung up on the timer. She thinks she can't go if it doesn't beep. The big problem with that is that sometimes I forget to reset it. She is learning to listen to her body and not the timer this week. It is going pretty well now and Hope is doing quite well, too. Could I possibly have only one baby in diapers soon? I've had two at time in diapers for about the past four years.
Now that I think about it, I have the same problem with my devotional time. Ideally, I think it should be first thing in the morning. It is so hard to have that time with the Lord if it has to fit in later in the day. And, if I'm honest, sometimes I don't even try because I "can't" get up that early or I'm too sleep-deprived right now to make any sense out of reading, etc, etc, etc. I bet the devil has a hey-dey with our "I can'ts" and other hang-ups we have when it steals our time with the Lord and keeps us from doing all that we should.
But recognizing the problem is half the battle and knowing our weaknesses helps us to be strong.
I have that same issue. If we start a week, say on Wed, I so cannot do spelling. It just messes me up. I have been doing alot better this year at it, but it still "goes against" what I want to do. As for bible study, I agree. I would love to do it first thing in the am, but with five kids its just very difficult. So, I've started doing it during lunch. The kids eat and then play for a little bit, so I usually get about ten minutes of time without interruption. Sometimes, I get more,usually less, but I'm trying to train them to give me a few minutes of peace. Its been working so far. good luck to you!!
I tend to have that problem too. I sometimes make the kids double up their work so that we can catch up. That does not set well with them either.
Blessings,
dawn
Yep! we are definately creatures of habit. I'm the same as Dawn, doubling up to just stay "on time". My husband is constantly reminding me--Isn't that one reason WHY we HOMESCHOOL?? ahhhh yes, flexibility. I forgot. (And the CQLA does make that hard, doesn't it?)
~Sarah
peaceinthepuzzle.blogspot.com
I would have been just like your son--if I don't get started on it before noon, it's hard to make it happen at all. On days when we have a morning diversion/ distraction of any kind, I wind up blowing off the day. Yesterday our youngest had a dental appt., and after running a couple of errands with her, we didn't get home until about 1:30 p.m. The older two wanted to tag along, and I'm thankful I made them stay home because otherwise, nothing would have gotten done! I never did sit down with the youngest and begin her work. I really crash and burn around 2 p.m., which was part of the problem with my night owl teen on last year. She'd start to hit a rhythm when I was just about dead!
You're right; knowing yourself is 1/2 the battle. Now to overcome...
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