I know we did school last week, but it flew by in a blur. Here is my pitiful attempt at a wrap up using the few pictures that I snapped.
Ryan worked on the letter B activities in the Letter of the Week Curriculum. He spent a good part of the week telling me that the B says “aaah.” By Wednesday, I think I convinced him that only the A says “ahhh” and the B says “buh.” Of course, now when I ask him what the letter is, he tells me the sound instead of the name. Oh well, he’ll get it straight eventually.
I have ended up only filling about five or six workboxes per day for him along with two tot trays. He spends a couple minutes on each activity and then moves on.
The morning routine has a few kinks in it. By the time breakfast and baby stuff calm down and we are ready to start school, Ryan is hungry again and becoming a whiny mess. I have found that it works better to not even try school stuff until after snack time which makes it almost 10:30. I’m trying to convince myself that this is okay, even if it isn’t how the other homeschoolers are doing it.
Speaking of not doing what other homeschoolers do – I have completely thrown out calendar time. Can’t seem to figure out how to make it work for us and no one seems to care, so out it goes. I never liked it anyway. I bet Ryan figures out his days of the week without it.
Let me shock you even further by admitting that next year I will probably throw out RE. Gasp! Don’t panic too much though. Our history curriculum covers a great deal of the Biblical events while explaining the doctrines that arise from the stories. A little supplementing on my part and catechesis will be thorough. I’ll flesh this out more next year.
The big boys love baby brother and help me keep him happy while I cook. One day when Ryan was entertaining the baby, he yells to me, ‘” I gived Cooper wings!” This is what I found when I came to check it out. Not as bad as I had feared.
And finally, I discovered last week that even the blurriest photos can be salvaged with Picasa if you accept an artistic flare. My kitchen has never looked better!
~Catie
I am so with you on working out the kinks! Still figuring out how to keep the four and two year old happy and busy, so I can focus on their brother! And I was surprised to discover that there is ZERO interest in the Religion program I put together….back to the drawing board I go!
Press on, Mamma!
Ah man! Don’t ya just hate it when you spend so much time putting together a lesson and then the kids are so not impressed. I keep that in mind when I look at the time needed to make something.
So glad to know I’m not the only one who cant get it started till around mid morning. I have been really down on myself about it. But by the time we have breakfast, cleanup, and get washed up the baby needs to nurse for his morning nap! This is our first year and I am freaking out!