Ah. The Principal stepped in and spoke with the children, and Wednesday morning went much better. Lord willing, this will continue. We accomplished quite a bit in our regular educating. M-girl came in dress-up clothes to the table one day: Memory Work: Bible: Another week another verse. We’re through verse 16. When we finish Day…
FOR TODAY July 19, 2010… Outside my window… the ground is wet, the sun is shining, and the birds are tweeting. The garden is growing by leaps and bounds. Lovely morning. I am thinking… so much my head is spinning. School, school planning, trip to Atlanta prep, flower garden ideas, food, aaah! Make it stop!…
The children are in the basement “playing” their instruments and singing. The selection has been, er, eclectic at best. The last two songs? Mmmm-Ah! Went the Little Green Frog (don’t ask me, ask Jason) How Great Thou Art It is a bit of a mental jolt with each new song …
We had some rough patches this week, but generally things are going well. Now if only I could figure out how to keep up with the laundry too! And we’re only doing 3 day weeks [sigh] Memory Work: Bible: moving along nicely with this, we added the next verse. Catechism/Creed: Same questions as last week,…
I’m working on a new organizational system for our schooling/life/planning. I’ll post more when I get closer to done. Part of that system will include charts to track our completion of lessons for “do the next thing” style curricula. I was inspired by a chart another mom posted and by our library’s summer reading program…
FOR TODAY Monday, July 12, 2010… Outside my window… It’s raining, it’s pouring, my garden is thriving. The occasional thunder-bumpers are rumbling. I am thinking… I’m not quite awake yet. I am thankful for… heavy showers replenishing the local water supply. From the learning rooms… We’re going to study Europe this week. From the kitchen……
We enjoyed taking Monday off to celebrate our nation’s independence with Daddy. We went to a parade and relaxed. We read about the Declaration of Independence. Then got down to business on Tuesday and Wednesday. When my mom asked R-girl what she learned in school, she said, “Nothing!” and when Jason asked her she said,…