I am the wife of a soldier, and the mother of two little ones (ages 3 and 1). I am passionate about my God, my family, and my country. I chose the title for my blog because I started it around the time that we found out my husband would be going to Iraq. I am so proud of his service to our country. Also I am constantly striveing to become more like christ. Hence the title "passionate patriot conforming to 'His' image.
I will be ordering some more Thoene books to read
Jan. 12, 2008~ getting back into the swing of things. ~
I started the "teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons" with my son yesterday. He sat through the lesson very well. I was much pleased. We will see how well it works. My cousin told me about the book. She used it with her daughter who is 6 and is reading at a 2nd grade reading level. I have high hopes.
Our homeschool coop will be starting the 25th of this month. We meet every Friday. I am excited. I love to teach, and I am teaching 3 classes this semester. I will be teaching Advanced Music Theory for the Upper Grammer/Retoric age group, Sign Language for the Early grammer age group, and logic for whichever age group is needed. They will let me know when the get the schedule more put together.
I am always excited when coop starts. The kids are so great, and I do so love to teach. I origionally was going to college to be a middle school teacher, but changed my major after my first summer working in a YMCA after school program. It was horrible. The kids needed so much, and your hands were tied you couldn't do anything about it. We had one child that would sit in a corner and at 8 years old would cry and say he was going to kill himself, and we were not allowed to comfort them for fear that someone would misconstrue our actions. My heart just broke. I thought I cannot handle this.
I am so glad that I get to homeschool my own children. I can hug them, I can wipe away their tears and let them know they are loved without someone thinking it dirty. That is one of my main goals of homeschooling too. I want my children to grow up confident, knowing that they are greatly loved by their parents and by God. They are my blessings.
Well I got to go. Time for breakfast. Its my favorite meal of the day.
You must be a very talented teacher, too. I hope that co-op will be energizing for you as well. Your excitement should be contagious among your students.
Jenn
