Two things that Christian figured out today...
1. How to unbuckle the straps in his stroller. Reminder: This is how I keep him contained in MANY situations. This may be trouble!
2. How to take off his sandals. Another problem, who wants to put shoes back on every time you get out of the car (He took them off in the car today).
I can't tell if this kid is getting easier or harder as time goes on! I'm thinking harder at the moment!
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Very Busy Week
This week is very busy, I might not blog very much. :)
Beside things going on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights, I am taking off Friday morning for Lincoln to attend the annual homeschooling conference. This also goes on Saturday too.
I don't quite know what to expect, but I have heard it's one of the best conferences in the area.
Speakers, sessions, curriculum fair, other homeschool moms, I think I will love it!
This means though that I really have to get school done in 4 days. Things have been going well lately (we are usually done by noon), so I don't think that will be a problem, plus we don't have our class at the homeschool learning center OR Awana anymore.
Beside things going on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights, I am taking off Friday morning for Lincoln to attend the annual homeschooling conference. This also goes on Saturday too.
I don't quite know what to expect, but I have heard it's one of the best conferences in the area.
Speakers, sessions, curriculum fair, other homeschool moms, I think I will love it!
This means though that I really have to get school done in 4 days. Things have been going well lately (we are usually done by noon), so I don't think that will be a problem, plus we don't have our class at the homeschool learning center OR Awana anymore.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Mr. Speedy
Our little Christian is too fast for us on the stairs anymore. One moment he's downstairs, the next moment he's up in the playroom with his sisters and I didn't even see him go up!
Maybe I should stop worrying about him falling down the stairs onto the hard tile at the bottom...
Maybe I should stop worrying about him falling down the stairs onto the hard tile at the bottom...
Courtney and School
1. We got a letter from Aldrich Elementary yesterday inviting Courtney to kindergarten roundup.She even got assigned a teacher for roundup and it is Megan's old teacher! I have never registered her for kindergarten because we plan on homeschooling. Are they expecting her for kindergarten?
Anyway, do we let her attend kindergarten roundup because it is sort of a rite of passage for kindergarteners (plus it is fun)? Or do we completely skip it because she won't be going to school there anyway? I really think she would enjoy going to school next year, but Matt and I think homeschooling is the best choice for our children right now.
I talked to her about it yesterday because I want her opinion when it comes to kindergarten roundup. She knows she is homeschooling, but she did have one concern- friends! I told her that we would definitely take some classes and get involved in more groups next year. That seemed to help.
2. Courtney's language arts program came in the mail the other day, I ordered it off of ebay. And of course, I got, "Can we start tomorrow??"
3. Last night, dinner turned into math 101. Along with working on reading with Courtney, we have also been working on simple addition and subtraction. Megan thinks it is great that she can help Courtney with school. It became "Who can come up with a story problem?" and then solve it too. Courtney would come up with one, then Megan, and then myself. We had great fun thinking of things and then solving them!
I told her that if she was going to public school, then I certainly wouldn't be encouraging math so much. Megan did just a little bit in kindergarten, but really hit math hard in 1st grade. The math curriculum I am going to order for the two girls next year is Horizons Math. They seem to bump things up a bit (even though Megan was going into 2nd grade math, she didn't know some of the things Horizons expected her to know at the beginning of the year), so I think by doing this now, it will only help her for next year, not the following year.
4. Her reading is coming along. I am going to start her with a new set of words on Monday! It is amazing how she is just exposed to a word once and she has it memorized. She came home from preschool the other day and said, "Mom, I know how to spell zoo" and she spelled it z-o-o. I asked her who taught her that and she said her friend Zoey. Great! So then we talked about "boo" and "moo" and now she knows all three!
She is still struggling with some words (N-O-T) even though we have been over and over them. My goal is to expose her to words and start to recognize them. She will also sometimes see a word that we have been over and say, "I don't know what it says!" I always respond with, "Yes you do, sound it out!" and then she sounds it out and she remembers that she knows it. She needs a little confidence that she really does know these words!
Anyway, do we let her attend kindergarten roundup because it is sort of a rite of passage for kindergarteners (plus it is fun)? Or do we completely skip it because she won't be going to school there anyway? I really think she would enjoy going to school next year, but Matt and I think homeschooling is the best choice for our children right now.
I talked to her about it yesterday because I want her opinion when it comes to kindergarten roundup. She knows she is homeschooling, but she did have one concern- friends! I told her that we would definitely take some classes and get involved in more groups next year. That seemed to help.
2. Courtney's language arts program came in the mail the other day, I ordered it off of ebay. And of course, I got, "Can we start tomorrow??"
3. Last night, dinner turned into math 101. Along with working on reading with Courtney, we have also been working on simple addition and subtraction. Megan thinks it is great that she can help Courtney with school. It became "Who can come up with a story problem?" and then solve it too. Courtney would come up with one, then Megan, and then myself. We had great fun thinking of things and then solving them!
I told her that if she was going to public school, then I certainly wouldn't be encouraging math so much. Megan did just a little bit in kindergarten, but really hit math hard in 1st grade. The math curriculum I am going to order for the two girls next year is Horizons Math. They seem to bump things up a bit (even though Megan was going into 2nd grade math, she didn't know some of the things Horizons expected her to know at the beginning of the year), so I think by doing this now, it will only help her for next year, not the following year.
4. Her reading is coming along. I am going to start her with a new set of words on Monday! It is amazing how she is just exposed to a word once and she has it memorized. She came home from preschool the other day and said, "Mom, I know how to spell zoo" and she spelled it z-o-o. I asked her who taught her that and she said her friend Zoey. Great! So then we talked about "boo" and "moo" and now she knows all three!
She is still struggling with some words (N-O-T) even though we have been over and over them. My goal is to expose her to words and start to recognize them. She will also sometimes see a word that we have been over and say, "I don't know what it says!" I always respond with, "Yes you do, sound it out!" and then she sounds it out and she remembers that she knows it. She needs a little confidence that she really does know these words!
Friday, April 20, 2012
Groceries
For the last 8 years or so, I was on a good grocery schedule. I went and got groceries when we were out of milk.
Now I go and get groceries when we are out of fruit and bread.
I don't have to get groceries as often and I kind of like it. :)
Now I go and get groceries when we are out of fruit and bread.
I don't have to get groceries as often and I kind of like it. :)
Where is Megan?
Today as we were getting out the door to get preschool, I couldn't quite find Megan.
We were upstairs and I asked Courtney where she was. She said, "She's in her room reading a book," so without even looking in her room, I said, "Come on Megan, it's time to go." I got no response. Sometimes she doesn't answer me because she is too busy reading, so I said it again, "Megan, make sure you turn your lights off when you come downstairs." Again, no answer. Now I was kind of getting mad.
As I was going downstairs, I said, "Megan, I am leaving, I hope you will be joining us!"
I got shoes and jackets and headed out the door, still no Megan and not hearing from her at all.
I opened the door to the garage and the garage light was on. Guess who was sitting in the car reading a magazine? Megan!!! She wasn't in her room at all!! Maybe next time I should actually look in her room instead of just assuming she is in there!
We were upstairs and I asked Courtney where she was. She said, "She's in her room reading a book," so without even looking in her room, I said, "Come on Megan, it's time to go." I got no response. Sometimes she doesn't answer me because she is too busy reading, so I said it again, "Megan, make sure you turn your lights off when you come downstairs." Again, no answer. Now I was kind of getting mad.
As I was going downstairs, I said, "Megan, I am leaving, I hope you will be joining us!"
I got shoes and jackets and headed out the door, still no Megan and not hearing from her at all.
I opened the door to the garage and the garage light was on. Guess who was sitting in the car reading a magazine? Megan!!! She wasn't in her room at all!! Maybe next time I should actually look in her room instead of just assuming she is in there!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Thursday
1. How come it is sooo quiet here when I turn a movie on? Courtney has a little stomach ache, so I let her watch a movie. All three children are watching it and it so quiet. I'm used to talking with them all the time and having them around me. This is kind of wierd- plus we don't usually have the TV on during the let day.
2. It just doesn't seem right that we have school for Megan done by noon. It's right, but so wierd. We finished her read-aloud this morning called "The Little Riders." It takes place in WWII Holland, so I got to use some of my history knowledge. There was a movie made about the story, so I am hoping to get ahold of that to watch it sometime soon.
3. Usually in the afternoons, we do Bible with the two girls and then I work with Courtney for awhile. If she's sick and on the couch, that won't be happening. I was going to combine Thursday's and Friday's lesson and do it on one day anyway, so why can't I move it from today to tomorrow?? We are going to read the last 3 chapters of Esther.
4. I have talked to a couple of moms lately that do not want to send their kids to public school, but also think that they can't homeschool. When I run into these moms, I just want to say, "Yes you can! Anybody can homeschool!" Our culture just says we need to send our kids off to school somewhere, but no, you don't have to. You can continue to school them and raise them right in your own home! I have become very pro-homeschooling this last year (but I totally support you if you send your children to public/ private school.)
I talked to a mom yesterday who told me about a private school they are thinking about sending thier daughter to in the fall for kindergarten. She told me there are about 10 kids in K-6 and about 10 kids in 7-12. She said it was like these teachers are homeschooling the students. My thought is ,"Why not do it yourself?"
5. Where is the sun today??
6. We had our last class at the homeschool learning center yesterday and we had our pizza party for AWANA last night. I can't believe both of these programs are coming to an end. What will I do on Wednesdays now?? We have AWANA awards on Sunday and a picnic for participants in the homeschool learning center next Wednesday, then we will be officially done.
2. It just doesn't seem right that we have school for Megan done by noon. It's right, but so wierd. We finished her read-aloud this morning called "The Little Riders." It takes place in WWII Holland, so I got to use some of my history knowledge. There was a movie made about the story, so I am hoping to get ahold of that to watch it sometime soon.
3. Usually in the afternoons, we do Bible with the two girls and then I work with Courtney for awhile. If she's sick and on the couch, that won't be happening. I was going to combine Thursday's and Friday's lesson and do it on one day anyway, so why can't I move it from today to tomorrow?? We are going to read the last 3 chapters of Esther.
4. I have talked to a couple of moms lately that do not want to send their kids to public school, but also think that they can't homeschool. When I run into these moms, I just want to say, "Yes you can! Anybody can homeschool!" Our culture just says we need to send our kids off to school somewhere, but no, you don't have to. You can continue to school them and raise them right in your own home! I have become very pro-homeschooling this last year (but I totally support you if you send your children to public/ private school.)
I talked to a mom yesterday who told me about a private school they are thinking about sending thier daughter to in the fall for kindergarten. She told me there are about 10 kids in K-6 and about 10 kids in 7-12. She said it was like these teachers are homeschooling the students. My thought is ,"Why not do it yourself?"
5. Where is the sun today??
6. We had our last class at the homeschool learning center yesterday and we had our pizza party for AWANA last night. I can't believe both of these programs are coming to an end. What will I do on Wednesdays now?? We have AWANA awards on Sunday and a picnic for participants in the homeschool learning center next Wednesday, then we will be officially done.
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