I'm realizing that I put most of my blog entries out in the evening, so if I have plans in the evening, I don't get any entries out. Hmmm, I'm going to have to re-think that. Because last night we were at our homeschool group's monthly meeting, and I never had time to blog. Oh well, here is what I've been up to the past couple of days.
Yesterday was a pretty good day, though I felt like I was dragging myself through the whole day. With the time change this past weekend, I was so tired. So I got my cleaning started late, which got school started late, and I was dragging myself through both of them. But they both got finished, so all is well. Our lessons went well. I really feel like we are getting into a good flow with them. We are still mainly in the basics. I do have them read history books Mon, Wed, and Friday, and Science books Tues, and Thurs. But other than that, we do basics. For Sarah that's math and language arts, which includes the spelling, grammar, writing etc... For Paulie that's math, reading, writing and phonics. Plus they both do some copywork and Sarah practices her reading by reading a story to Paulie everyday. I've realized and accepted the fact that I'm not much more than a 'basics' kind of homeschooler. We have the art supplies available, keyboards too, but neither have a huge interest in them. We are blessed that they love the Lord, which is the most important lesson we can think of. And the academics are coming along nicely. So all and all, things are going well.
We had our monthly homeschool meeting last night, and it was fun, as usual. They had three homeschool graduates speak and take questions. It was really good. It was nice hearing what these three young adults felt about being homeschooled. What were the positives and negatives, and how they feel about it now. It was all positive, and they were all very happy that they were homeschooled. It was really good.
The only 'thing' last night was Paulie's sore throat. He had no fever or bad cough, just a scratchy, sore throat. But by the time he was done playing with the kids at the meeting last night, he could barely talk. He hadn't drank any water for over an hour, and between that and playing, his throat was so dry. So we got him home, got a little bit of IB in him (which is very rare) and put him to bed early (which is even more rare). He woke up today much better. Just lightly scratchy again.
Sarah started her lessons early this morning, right after breakfast, the kids had a goal today, homeschool playgroup. They worked great, got their lessons done properly before lunch and we got to go to playgroup this afternoon. It was our first time there, and it was great. We've been trying to go for the past 3 weeks, and something has always come up. But today we made it, and we all had a great time. It's at the recreation center downtown, so it's a big gymnasium, and all the kids were running around and playing basketball. Starting in the spring, we'll be meeting at a park, so the kids can play outside. Us moms got to sit and chat with each other. Homeschool shop talk, it was great. The little over an hour we were there went by very fast. We will be going every week, or at least trying to go every week. It does cost $2.00 for the kids, but since its only a few months out of the year, it shouldn't be too bad. I think the kids will sleep great tonight.
And now tonight, Paul and I are going to curl up on the couch, and just relax. I won't be on the computer much, I want to spend some time with my man. So I hope everyone has a great night, and maybe I'll try to put an entry out tomorrow afternoon, since we are going to try to go to church tomorrow night. We'll see if I get it done.
I am so glad to hear you finally got to go to the homeschool play date. That group really sounds neat. There is nothing wrong with being a basics type of homeschooler. My husband is famous for telling me that he wants us to be brilliant in the basics. So that is my goal. Not that I am brilliant in the basics yet, but we're working towards it. ;-) Good night.
Jenn
Hi there,
I just wanted to pop in and say hi my sweet friend. I love reading your ramblings. I keep saying this but I want to stretch myself in this area and do some ramblings. I will probably do one tomorrow.
Sending you blessings and ((HUGS)) my SSiC
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Your hs play group reminds me of ours when we lived in Kansas City. It was so nice. All I have here is a co-op, which is OK for some, but none of the curses they teach match our school schedule, this is also mainly academics, no play :(
P. S The Bible study went great!
((((hugs)))
Katia
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Hmmm, I'm going to have to re-think that. Because last night we were at our homeschool group's monthly meeting, and I never had time to blog. Oh well, here is what I've been up to the past couple of days.
Our lessons went well. I really feel like we are getting into a good flow with them. We are still mainly in the basics. I do have them read history books Mon, Wed, and Friday, and Science books Tues, and Thurs. But other than that, we do basics. For Sarah that's math and language arts, which includes the spelling, grammar, writing etc... For Paulie that's math, reading, writing and phonics. Plus they both do some copywork and Sarah practices her reading by reading a story to Paulie everyday. I've realized and accepted the fact that I'm not much more than a 'basics' kind of homeschooler. We have the art supplies available, keyboards too, but neither have a huge interest in them. We are blessed that they love the Lord, which is the most important lesson we can think of. And the academics are coming along nicely. So all and all, things are going well.
They worked great, got their lessons done properly before lunch and we got to go to playgroup this afternoon. It was our first time there, and it was great. We've been trying to go for the past 3 weeks, and something has always come up. But today we made it, and we all had a great time. It's at the recreation center downtown, so it's a big gymnasium, and all the kids were running around and playing basketball. Starting in the spring, we'll be meeting at a park, so the kids can play outside. Us moms got to sit and chat with each other. Homeschool shop talk, it was great. The little over an hour we were there went by very fast. We will be going every week, or at least trying to go every week. It does cost $2.00 for the kids, but since its only a few months out of the year, it shouldn't be too bad. I think the kids will sleep great tonight.
So I hope everyone has a great night, and maybe I'll try to put an entry out tomorrow afternoon, since we are going to try to go to church tomorrow night. We'll see if I get it done. 
