Well, it's down to the last few days before Thanksgiving & we are trying to get in our last few things before we start up our December studies. We are almost finished. Just a bit more reading. Shouldn't have a problem with that Monday & Tuesday of next week.
Today we went to our local baseball park & met our HS group & we played baseball with them. Everyone seemed to really enjoy it. I think there are some great prospects for future baseball players in the group. They all hit good, & some of them have a good arm on them for throwing the ball.
Tonight we are all kind of doing our own thing, playing, watching a bit of TV, washing clothes, & on the computer. That about sums us up. Until next time, Traci
We're officially on Thanksgiving break!! *insert gleeful dancing here* I wasn't very focused this week on what I was doing.....honestly I was daydreaming far more than I should have about what I'll be able to get caught up on over our break. Still, I managed to do official Tot School four days this week, with a very, very light 5th day. So light I probably shouldn't even count it.....and yet I will.
Monday:
ABC-123 page
File folder game: Falling Leaves
extra time with speech homework
Tuesday:
File Folder Game: Harvest Patterns
Ladybug stickers on letter L page
Classifying/sequencing: Little to Large
Pictures from Tuesday:
"I did it!!" is what he's saying here. This is the first time Peanut has been able to do an ABABA sequencing exercise and not have a problem with it. He topped that stunt farther down the file folder by doing an AABBAA sequence! We were all sooo excited!!
Little to Large. These are from a pool noodle, they'll make great star paint stamps when we get to the letter S!! Can't remember whose blog I swiped this from. Whoever you are, I thank you. Oh, and he's also letting all of you out there in blog-land how many stars he counted.
Little Ladybugs on the Letter L.
Wednesday:
ABC-123 page
Lacing blocks onto a shoestring (He finally figured out how to do this!)
Apples: Little to Large
Pictures from Wednesday:
See the steely determination as he figures out how to get that little string through the hole.
Sequencing apples, little to large.
Thursday:
Handwriting Without Tears page
Little Hands to Heaven page -- Letter review
Make a Ladybug craft
Pictures from Thursday:
Friday:
Played with play-doh
Went to the river front park with cousins & got to visit with Aunt & Uncle we don't get to see very often......okay that was really mommy :) Peanut played with his cousins.
Really, this was a great week for Peanut, and I didn't even realize it. He was able to sequence from little to big, string the blocks onto string, and complete patterns he hadn't been able to do before. Three things he's not accomplished before now. I guess that's a nice perk of blogging all of these things. With the business of this week, these accomplishments didn't stick out to me before. What a nice way to begin our vacation.
Also this week, our little Peanut turned the big 0-5! When did my baby boy get so old? We celebrated with the necessary balloons:
Well, we haven't been getting to much schooling this week. My sister is expecting a baby & she has been having contractions, already started dialating, & she'ss not due until DEc. 9. She has been having to go to the Dr. a lot & being put on monitors to monitor the baby so I have had her other children. My nephew is only 23 months old. Sometimes he gets to be a hand full.
I told my DC we'd get back on course when Aunt Amanda had the baby. Until then we'd just do what we could & the rest would come later. That's the beauty of homeschooling.
Better go, just wanted to update. Have to get off here to check on my nephew. Don't want to leave him unattended too long. Until next time, Traci
For all my homeschooling friends who think ObamaCare will solve their financial and health insurance woes, think again. It may give you temporary relief for your financial headache, but it may also invite government nannies into your home to improve your child's well-being and health.
HR 3200 that passed the House of Representatives, currently has a provision for funding states that implement a "voluntary" home visitation program for parents with young children or who are expecting. (See Sec. 1904 sec. 440)
The intended purpose is to " improve the well-being, health, and development of children by enabling the establishment and expansion of high quality programs providing voluntary home visitation for families with young children and families expecting children."
"Health and safety inspectors are to be given unprecedented access to family homes to ensure that parents are protecting their children from household accidents.
New guidance drawn up at the request of the Department of Health urges councils and other public sector bodies to “collect data” on properties where children are thought to be at “greatest risk of unintentional injury”.
Council staff will then be tasked with overseeing the installation of safety devices in homes, including smoke alarms, stair gates, hot water temperature restrictors, oven guards and window and door locks.
The draft guidance by a committee at the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has been criticised as intrusive and further evidence of the “creeping nanny state”.
Where are the safety devices for the "creeping nanny" who keeps sticking her nose into our personal lives?
Why homeschoolers support this bill or President Obama is beyond my understanding.
I only have a just a second here, but wanted to say that we will be driving to Trujillo again tomorrow and next. So, anyone who reads this blog can pray! For a little more current info on our life work, see our ministry blog here:
The boys birthdays are always extra special for me. Yep I said me, probably more so then for the birthday boy. It's a day I spend reflecting on the day of their birth, my pregnancy with them and how they are growing. Am I making each day count, am I taking every opportunity to show them how far and wide the love I have for them flows.
Do I take the small moments to create lasting memories. Birthdays are always joyful with a tinge of sadness; they are growing up too fast. My time with them feels like sand slipping through my hands, it runs out fast.
Today is Ashton's 5th Birthday, he is my tiniest boy weighing 5 lbs less than his younger Brother Noah (2). He is my feistiest and funniest of the 4. He is precious in every way if I do say so myself! :-)
We had an early Birthday party on Sunday so that Troy could celebrate with us. Today we had our Birthday breakfast with Ashton's favorite... cinnamon rolls and hot cocoa! :-)
I just wanted to let you all know about a a neat project some of my friends are doing on eHow. Several of them are going to be sending a doll around the country and taking the doll to different landmarks and places in their community. They will be taking pictures and writing about the adventures. The project can be followed at this link: http://www.squidoo.com/ehowdollysgrandadventure This would make a really good geography project. I will say, though, a couple of the people sometimes have a uhm... colorful sense of humor, so I would preview it before showing it to your kids. lol!!! Just in case. Dolly is about to arrive at her first destination which is Maine. This project will be going on through the winter and possibly into the spring. Each person will be adding their adventures as they do them.
Welcome to our blog! I hope you enjoy your visit. We are a homeschooling family of 5. Our approach is eclectic, but leaning more and more towards Charlotte Mason. Our girls are 9, 7, and 4. Never a dull moment as we desire to teach our girls in the ways of the Lord.
*insert gleeful dancing here* I wasn't very focused this week on what I was doing.....honestly I was daydreaming far more than I should have about what I'll be able to get caught up on over our break. Still, I managed to do official Tot School four days this week, with a very, very light 5th day. So light I probably shouldn't even count it.....and yet I will. 
Little to Large. These are from a pool noodle, they'll make great star paint stamps when we get to the letter S!! Can't remember whose blog I swiped this from. Whoever you are, I thank you. 
Oh, and he's also letting all of you out there in blog-land how many stars he counted.
Little Ladybugs on the Letter L.
See the steely determination as he figures out how to get that little string through the hole. 
Sequencing apples, little to large.
here is Joe he is in Penrod 
