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Jul. 26, 2006
Way too much time has passed for me to even
attempt to catch up, so I'm going to follow Flylady's advice and just
jump in where we are.
I've graduated William to first grade, although we haven't finished
Core K yet. I'm not sure when we will. I'm not sure what
we'll do when we do. My sister has a bunch of the Well-Trained
Mind materials that she's offering to give me in the fall when she
finishes, and free sounds lovely. I like Well-Trained Mind's
approach too. But I also really like Sonlight. I'm
torn. If only I had twins and could do WTM with one and SL with
the other. Or maybe I just need a split personality. Or I
could just choose one. It's probably going to be WTM 'cause money
and homeschool supplies don't grow on trees. Free is too good to
pass up.
In other news, our first 6 weeks of the new school year went really
well. And in this 2nd 6 week period we're adding in a few
things. On Monday we're combining with Crystal and Jarek to have
"Monday School"--Crystal's creative name. :) We meet them at the
park and I do a PE with the boys. We're starting with golf.
Last week was the first time and it went really well. Then we go
to their house and do an activity--art project, board games, sports,
and Contenders for the Faith. These are rotated each week, so we
only do one each month and if there's a fifth Monday, we do a field
trip. Crystal is taking the lead in this one.
Another innovation is "Thursday School"--again Crystal's creation.
:) This is where Jarek comes over here and just sits in on a
regular school day with us. It's kind of a trial run to see if it
would be feasible for Crystal and I to split the schooling of
Jarek. She doesn't feel like she's doing enough with him or that
she has a teaching style that he enjoys. She thinks he'd enjoy
doing school with us. I think William would enjoy having a
schoolmate. We're probably both crazy. Right now...I feel
like it's not going to work...but that's because it's late and I'm
tired. I'm sure I'll feel better in the morning. Jarek's
really a cool kid and the boys feed off each other in such a cute way,
that I am really looking forward to it...in my mind. In my body,
I'm exhausted from a full day of nannying and 5 hours of computer work
on top of that. Plus I ran 3 miles this morning...go me! So
that's my cue to go get some sleep so I can be a bright, shiny, fun
teacher in the morning.
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