WEEK SIX COMPLETED (sort of)!

Monday: Today was a bit of an “off” day…we are all a little tired from Kaleah’s birthday celebration last night. We had load of fun but are paying for it this morning!

We got the minimum done and called it a day. Bible review time was a hoot. Thomas and Kaleah could answer most of the review questions for Genesis. We were talking about Noah and Thomas said “They were ugly to Noah and God. They got in the water and they DIED in the water!” He was rather dramatic about it all.

We are looking forward to taking it easy today!

Tuesday: We had to have afternoon school today due to an appointment we had this morning. I really prefer to have school right after breakfast; we all seem to do better…even Teacher Mommy!

We were studying about Abram and Sarai and Thomas saw a picture of a lamb being sacrificed on the altar. Thomas became quite frustrated and asked “what did they put Jesus on the fire for?” Thomas is really getting the whole “Lamb of God” idea…I love it.

Then we were working on phonics and I pointed to a picture of a cat. I asked “what letter is this and what sound does it make?” and of course I was looking for the vowel sound “a” (short sound) and Kaleah said “meow!”

Wednesday: Nice day of school today…Kaleah seems to need more to keep interested while I work on school stuff with Thomas. Coloring is getting boring to her. I may order the Abeka Pre-school kids curriculum just to keep her interest. We are only six weeks into this and I have 24 weeks to go.

Thursday: We didn’t do school today…life got away from us so we will have school on Saturday to make up for today. I love not having to send an “absence note” to the school!

Friday: Yet another slightly off day but we have no new material and Thomas has a GREAT grasp on what we are working on. I was going to try and double up today but there were too many distractions (guy banging on our door to tell us our water would be out, my boss calling and needing something done right away and Thomas not feeling really great). We can catch up tomorrow.

We celebrated “Six Weeks of Homeschool” by taking the kids to “Old MacDonald’s Farm”. They sure had a good time but oddly enough, they didn’t go off to play like I thought they would. They just wanted to hang out with mom and dad…then there was the deer that “snotted” into KK’s hair. She was ready to go after that!

Saturday: Life happened so we didn’t play catch up on Saturday. I will double tomorrow and go from there. Though we started much earlier than most, I don’t want to make it a habit of skipping a day here or there unless absolutely necessary.

Weekly Synopsis: Routine…routine…routine. This is what works best for us. This week has been full of distractions and it shows. I really need to make sure and keep to routine as much as possible. Some variances cannot be helped but there are those that can and it’s time to get disciplined. I forget that I am about 4 weeks ahead because we started so early. I need not stress over a rough day but it is clear that routine is best for us all.

I still see that both Thomas and Kaleah want to be in the same room with me throughout the day. Thomas is content to sit in my office as I work with his Nintendo or coloring book. Kaleah too likes to near me at all times though she was that way before homeschool started. I think this can be good and bad, I want the kids to be independent thinkers and doers yet they are 4.5 and barely 3 years old so being with me gives me the opportunity to teach them and be a proper role model. I am hoping to find other boys for Thomas to play with…most of my friends with young boys either work or put their boys in MDO. Hmmmm