Our first week was really great. It was full of fun projects! I am making sure to make it super fun, I don't want to just check off the boxes and make him "hate" learning or even dread it.
I am surprised how quickly a school day wraps up. We start with Bible, reading a bit from the Children's Bible, then a memory verse, then letters/reading, then writing, and last math. We follow that with a break. It only takes about an hour though!
He is not restless, except for writing and sounding out words. These are the hardest things for him, so he of course doesn't care for them. During that time, I have a bean jar to help motivate him. Today he earned 30 beans and sounded out 4 words, "dad, cab, bad, and cat!" When the bean jar is full, we'll go to the store and he can pick something to buy! He LOVES the bean jar.
Then we have a break. The children are outside now having "recess."
After that there we have literture reading time, history or science, crafts/art.
Then we eat lunch. The whole "school day" is about 2.5 hours. It is really nice. I should have started with the kids earlier.
We made pinwheels this week... here is a cute picture!
2 comments:
Hi Becca! I'm so glad things are running smoothly and Quickly!!! I can totally understand why it does not take so much time as regular school--so much of a teacher's/student's day is spent on silly tasks like taking attendance, getting the students' attention, dealing with behaviors and drama of kids interacting, traveling between classes, doing paperwork and/or email, etc. With homeschooling, you can focus on your own kids, who you know and who know you and whether they can test your limits. ;) Paperwork is probably minimal, so that frees up time for you too!
Congratulations to Weston for reading words! I'm so proud of you both! :)
You are All so smart!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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