Week 1 of our new school year is well underway.  Things are going very well after two days.  I can’t resist the feeling that we’re not doing “enough” with Sarah though.  Sarah is reading Pippi Longstocking independently, and I’m reading The Secret Garden aloud (with narration).  The only subjects she does daily are Lit, Math, and Spanish.  Geography is three times per week, alternated with Science twice a week.  Then, to complete her Language Arts, she does copywork 3 times a week and spelling twice a week.  I had planned to do geography daily, but I think it’s a little below her grade level, so we can do it in 3 days per week.  Also, Science is not a formal curric this year.  Instead, we’re using an experiment book with mini-lessons.  She’s LOVING that!!!

Rachel, on the other hand, has plenty to do each day.  Math is still her struggle.  If only I could get her to stop the negative self-talk, I think she’ll excel in Math.  She has decided that she’s not good at it, and she hates it.  But, actually, she’s doing okay.  Her errors are mainly careless, and when it’s not careless, she’s just making it harder than it is.  She over-works the problems and misses them.  I hate to keep her back and work slowly, but it is what it is.  It would do her no good to move at a pace faster than she’s ready to go.  In the meantime, she feels dumb because she’s still working through Pre-Algebra and she’s in the 9^th grade.  She seems to be enjoying The Mystery of History and Apologia’s Physical Science so far.  Oh, and she’s expressing an interest now in working in a crime lab.  Maybe it’s called forensics, or biologist.. I don’t know.  She thinks it would be so cool to work to solve crimes for a living.  I told you she was a mystery fanatic, didn’t I.  J

Well, I better get to bed.  I’ve done very well until tonight.  I’ve gone to bed by 11:00 and gotten up at 7:30.  It’s after 11:30 now, so we’ll see how tomorrow morning goes. 

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Posted by Anonymous

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Sounds like they're doing plenty and doing it well. What cirriculum in Rachel using for Math? Tell her not to worry, my DD is 17 and just finishing Algebra. For your encouragement, Mom, my DS (the one everyone gushes over for being so smart) HATES math. Algebra was a 3 hr / day task - 1/2 of which was spent whining and crying about how useless this was to his life, etc. I told him that the he was absolutely right...but that character qualities he was developing (doing what you hate because you're told to) would be valuable to any employer. I was SO glad when he finished!

Have a great homeschooling day! I'm waiting for September.

Julie

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Posted by floridasunsets

Sounds like a good start to me. We won't be adding Geography into the mix until next week, and then science will start in about 3 weeks. It takes us a bit to get used to a new schedule, lol.

Betty
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