K-Fam's journey through My Father's World

• Aug. 9, 2009 - Short summer break, need encouragement

Copyright 2008-2009 Sweetpetunia. We finally broke down and are taking a short summer break. A month total. We'll pick back up August 17. I think Tink really appreciates just getting up and being able to play and read. So far the children have not complained too much of being bored. I think they are well aware that if they do, I'll find some nice school work to keep them occupied with.lol. I've actually been enjoying the mini vacation as well. I'm trying to catch up on some reading: Mother Warriors and Engaging Autism are the two books I'm currently working on, but I'm still having trouble tracking the lines on the page so I have to keep my reading sessions short or it doesn't sink in. I really need to try out those tracking exercises Dianne Craft recommends. If they can help children, I don't see why they couldn't help adults. I'm managing to read aloud, mostly to Tink, with no problems though. She doesn't seem to mind it when I mix up my words when my eyes jump. In fact I think she quite likes it. She and Ninja used to have a notebook with the funny things I would say while reading aloud to them. We all get quite a laugh out of it sometimes. I picked up some classics from the library and right now we're reading through Peter Pan and Pinocchio. Since we stopped in the middle of our study of Japan, I'd checked out Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun but Tink prefers fairy tales to history and it sits on the shelf. I checked out Shipwrecked! by the same author as Commodore Perry. It's also set in Japan (partially) so maybe we'll get a little reading in about Japan after all. I'm very excited about starting a new school year. I just ordered Dude's MFW K worksheets and a replacement Classical music CD so he can start his kindergarten year. I also ordered Ninja's curriculum. I hope I can eek out the time to read her books after her. They look so interesting. I don't recall much about the Illiad and the Oddesy if I read them in high school but I really don't think I read any of the other literature books she's going to be studying. DH and I discussed it and I think we're going to sign Ninja up for ALEKS online math. I'm hoping it'll fill in the big gaps in her math skills and hopefully help her catch up there. She loves Math U See and refuses to give it up so I'm going to let her continue on with it, however ALEKS will have to be her main priority. The only downside is she'll have to be online to do her work, so I'll have to have her do it while I can be in the room watching her to make sure she doesn't wander off to check her email or the Skillet website. One of the reasons we're going to try to use ALEKS is that she's very behind in math and our parents have been really discouraging us in the homeschool department lately. I wish they would realize how very important it is to me to homeschool my children, that they get a Christian education and that they are not exposed to so many sinful temptations that are out there. If all those temptations were so blatant when I was a teen, I know they're a thousand times worse now. I want to do everything I can to help my children resist and be victorious in their walk. I also want to give them every advantage of being raised in a Christian home. I want them to know God better than I ever did when I was their age. Our parents are worried about college and careers, I'm worried about their relationship with God and whether or not they'll be equipped to live their lives for God.

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