I have been in bed all week with Strep throat!  All of my planning for the week and here we are at Friday with only one day of school!  Ah well.  Last week's schedule is now NEXT week's schedule with a few additions!  That is one of the great things about homeschooling, it fits right in with your life!

We started our poetry scrapbook today and Emme just LOVED it.  I think she liked the cutting and "pretty-fying" of the poems more than the poems themselves.  lol

My voice is still pretty hoarse, but I'm out of bed, no fever, and decided to do school today.  She dawdled through math like always, and then I read THIS article by Catherine Levison about Charlotte Mason (who you know I adore) about ways to get her to quit daydreaming through math.  You see, I always make her do it first, to get it out of the way.  She doodles, stares at the maps on the walls, birdwatches, doodles some more, etc.  It's just addition and subtraction practice -- boring yes, but necessary.  A quote from the article says

"try conducting math time (if math happens to be the problem) about 30 minutes prior to when the neighborhood boys ordinarily come over to play basketball with your child. If he gets it done and done correctly then he is able to go out and play with them. Another idea for these serious cases is to set out the chess game right there next to the child who now has a reason to make himself finish his work"

Of COURSE!  I should make math last, so she wants to get it done so she can go and play!  Ah.  I hope that works!  She is very interested in history, science, phonics, reading, art, etc.  It's only the math that really sets her mind elsewhere!

And I was just catching up on some of your blogs and I read at Westward's_Blog that  SCHOLASTIC is having their ONE DOLLAR SALE!  Woot!  You have got to love it!  Check it out! 

Here is a list of what I got:

100 SkillBuilding Lessons Using 10 Favorite Books	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
15 Easy Lessons That Build Basic Writing Skills in Grades K-2	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
BestEver Activities for Grades 23: Grammar	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
First Word Problems: Time & Money	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
Fresh & Fun: Our Country	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
Instant FileFolder Learning Games: Penguin Pals	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
Learn All About: Ocean Life	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
Reading Placement Tests: First Grade	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
Reading Placement Tests: Second Grade	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
Scholastic Display Frames & Toppers: Penguins	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
Scholastic Book Guides: A Wrinkle in Time	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
30 Nonfiction Book Reports	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
15 Primary Source Activities: American History	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
HandsOn History: Colonial America	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
Irresistible Shakespeare	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
Ready-to-Go Super Book of Outline Maps	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
Meeting the Math Standards with Favorite Picture Books	1	$1.00	$1.00		$1.00
Read Around the World with 20 Great Picture & Chapter Books	1	$1.00	$1.00

A couple are for right now (the money/time book, Colonial America)  The penguin things are for THE BOY, and a couple are for Jennah.  The rest are for next year!  Gotta love it!  And only 2.25 for shipping!

Well, I've been on the computer far too long this evening and I need to clean up the kitchen and vacuum the living room before dh gets home from work tonight!

Have a blessed weekend!

Sherry