Lexical Learners
Aug. 1, 2006
1st Day of School
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Woo-hoo! It's the first day of school and the
kids are finally going ...oh, wait, they're not going anywhere. I'm
thankful they'll be joining me at our kitchen table to learn. It did
occur to me that if they were in a different school, they would all be
gone during the day. (Have I mentioned that before?) Sound interesting,
but I'll pass. I have my moments, many of them, when I simply get tired
of referring, training, etc., but it's worth it. Now on to a bit about
our day: I would be remiss not to document the first day of school at Happy Jack Skool of Lurnin' in some way. This will be it, because I didn't take pictures. Dear Boo's 1st day of kindergarten will have only a blog entry as a testament. (Maybe we'll take one later this week.) She did a few pages in her Get Ready for the Code book and a Barbie number book. I'm easing her into it. Songbird is in 1st grade or so. She easily gets her work done and is quite motivated by the monetary reward at the end of each workbook. Fifi is in 2nd grade & coming along well. Amazingly, she was the first one up this morning and got to work first. She likes working w/her CD & headphones on, just like I do. Thanks to her Wordly Wise vocabulary book I learned that groom is also a word for someone who takes care of horse. Gameboy is in 4th grade & had a hard time today getting started. I would too if I had a friend over. :) However, he managed to get his work done in time to have some quality Runescape time. Our first day of school doesn't have a lot of the trimmings associated w/institutional schooling first days. No nerves about the new teacher & classmates. No new clothes. (I meant to buy the kids at least one new outfit. Maybe at the one month mark or something goofy like that.) We do have new books & some new school supplies, but not all the cool stuff other schools' students get. We do have a new schedule of sorts. I'm pretty optimistic about it. I feel more prepared this year than any of the other five. :) Incorporating "home training," reality discipline, simple routines, & more reading, writing & P.E. are some of my main goals for this first unit of TOG. (Cross posted at my Lexical Light blog.) |
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