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The Journey
Aug. 18, 2007
In the Beginning
So another school year starts off again for us. I have this 'thing' where we start out slow - real slow, like with only a few subjects. Kinda like we're dipping our toes in the water. The kids like it cause it gives them a taste of the up and coming year without totally ousting the idea of summer vacation. I like it, cause it gives me a feel for what kind of scheduling I'm gonna need to work out.
Once again tho, it is the math that is killing my dd. Its not that she isn't good at it. In fact she is great at it. But she totally hates it. Hates every second of every minute doing math. She just feels it is tedious. We tried math u see a bit, but she wasn't learning enough - if that makes sense. So we are back on ABEKA. I don't know if this is just a struggle she is going to have to go through, or if there was some other way to help her at least not dread this subject.
My youngest dd is a reading fool! I can't keep enough books around for her. She is really into the Disney Fairy stories, and she has read all that our book store here carries. So she is reading Geronimo Stilton until we can find more fairy books. My oldest dd has gotten into Nancy Drew. She is mystified by how Nancy can alwasy come up with the answer. She doesn't want to see the movie though at all, cause she said it just doesn't seem like they portray Nancy the way she really is.
We will have one more week of school here, before swimming starts up again. Thats when the real work begins. juggling school with activities. I miss my friends at the pool we used to swim at before we moved. Most parents still dont hang out waiting at practice. That hasn't changed. But the group that does stay ..... well if I want to avoid perverse speach, I have to avoid many of them. Its a long story with more drama than I've ever found on any daytime drama. But I don't want to get involved. So I bring a book. And read while I swelter in the heated in door pool.
Oh Well , such is life! |
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Aug. 20, 2007 - Untitled Comment
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