all three boys are doing great learning and memorizing all the phonograms introduced in the Spell to Write and Read curriculum. we've been learning the correct writing of numbers 0-9, and cursive writing will begin next week beginning with "a." i'm trying not to spend too much time in cursive and handwriting because i'd rather spend more time on the phonics and spelling portion of it.

kenny's been working on math lessons. he introduces the lesson and i review the lesson the next day. they're currently learning to count on an abacus, in increments of 5. this is reinforced by other tools (hash marks, sticks, even poker chips - ha!).

latin is still very laid-back. we sing the songs, and add a word to our sun when it's introduced. nothing major...i have ordered a book called "First 1000 Words in Latin" and will see how that fits in this year.

the current most popular subject is...YOGA! we've been doing marsha wenig's "Silly to Calm" usually following lunch each day. it's a fun way to do some poses and stretches from active and ending in calm. i usually do storytime following yoga as they're generally the most calm of the day at that time.

i'll talk more on geography later...and our plans to introduce science on a 1st grade level in the second semester.