Week 7!

7 weeks completed!

Week of 9.10.12

Monday: All caught up! We are at a place in our curriculum that was very repetitive and no new paperwork so my OCD can calm itself. Teacher mommy is getting BORED with the numbers 1-6! I find myself having more and more respect for teachers who have 20-25 children…oy! I do love it though. I look forward to school every morning! 

We started working on “blends” today. It was made clear to me that the more fun you make class, the better kids like Thomas focus. When I was just teaching him the blends, he really didn’t apply himself. When I turned it into a game where he would get an animal to put on the ark for each correct answer, he became much more interested the blending the letter “t” with each vowel.

Today during our Bible lesson, Thomas remembered that Abram lived in “Ur”… I was happy to know that he was indeed listening since last week just seemed to be a little off. Then he closed our school day in prayer apologizing to God that Abram and Sarai headed to Eeee-GIP instead of staying put where God had sent them. It was precious.

Tuesday: I am wishing that I could get a handle on the days that Thomas just isn’t his usual self. We had such a good day yesterday but today was another story. I was talking with a friend of mine who is also using the Abeka program and we agree that there is A LOT of repetition. I wonder if Thomas is getting bored? Math is a breeze for him…blending consonants and vowels takes a little effort…handwriting is getting there albeit slowly.

So I must rise to the challenge of keeping him engaged and using my imagination to keep Thomas interested.

Wednesday: Woohoo! Changing things up made a HUGE difference in our day! We started with Bible (which we usually do last) and then threw paper plates on the floor with numbers on them and had Thomas running all over the room looking for a specific number and I was sorting laundry as I had him running all over creation. SCORE!

Thursday: Good homeschool day today! Getting imaginative with learning games has made for a great school day! Today during Bible we were talking about Lot leaving Sodom. When Thomas saw the picture of his wife turning into a pilar of salt he said “look mommy…her Crocs came off, she doesn’t have shoes on!” How I love my little boy!

Friday: The end of week 7! It is hard to believe…Thomas is having a high time searching for numbers written on paper plates and putting them in order. KK just runs around the room shrieking, laughing and picking up whatever plate Thomas passes by. It is a hoot but we get our math done. Fun times!

Weekly synopsis: I just find myself thanking God every day for the opportunity to be “Teacher Mommy”. This is the good life!