Homeschooling update
Really struggling to get anything done. LOL Hurricanes, preparing mom's house and my brother's arrival has thrown us so off course. BUT, that is OKAY. :) I love that it is OKAY.
Todd just finished his first week of FLVS and it is really cool. I think he is going to like learning this way and at his pace. Not to mention that the classes are Unit themed, so there is interesting curriculum to go with otherwise boring subjects. Even I learned how to capture images on the internet and plug them into a document. We both thought that was THE coolest thing.
Nathan announced to me in the library that he was ready for Chapter books. That was a shock. He was reading the "steps" in the "Step into Reading" books... and what number each ability was on and he told me he was ready for Chapter books.. so that would be a number 4, I think.
One day this week, I decided we had to do SOMETHING this week. SO, I had been taping alot of cool stuff off Discovery Channel. HOW IS IT MADE, is a show we are currently addicted too. So, we watched 3 episodes of that and then we watched a show entitle BEFORE THE DINOSAURS. That discussed evolution of the underwater creatures. Absolutely fascinating. That lead into a debate, between the oldest and I, over where Humans came from. Scientifically it made perfect sense to him that we evolved from Monkeys. I explained how, Biblically, that thought process was flawed. He had a hard time placing faith and belief in that.
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My school room looks like a Tornado hit it. :) Must mean it is used alot. LOL
Anyway, school will start back up Tuesday and be in full force by next week. I need to write a unit study for Nathan. The Solar System thing was a wash. He loves dogs and anything even remotely related to dogs. I think we will do a unit on that. That should keep his interest.
Anyway, I should go to bed. It is 12:30 and the sun rises in 6 hours. Perhaps I should sleep.
Todd just finished his first week of FLVS and it is really cool. I think he is going to like learning this way and at his pace. Not to mention that the classes are Unit themed, so there is interesting curriculum to go with otherwise boring subjects. Even I learned how to capture images on the internet and plug them into a document. We both thought that was THE coolest thing.
Nathan announced to me in the library that he was ready for Chapter books. That was a shock. He was reading the "steps" in the "Step into Reading" books... and what number each ability was on and he told me he was ready for Chapter books.. so that would be a number 4, I think.
One day this week, I decided we had to do SOMETHING this week. SO, I had been taping alot of cool stuff off Discovery Channel. HOW IS IT MADE, is a show we are currently addicted too. So, we watched 3 episodes of that and then we watched a show entitle BEFORE THE DINOSAURS. That discussed evolution of the underwater creatures. Absolutely fascinating. That lead into a debate, between the oldest and I, over where Humans came from. Scientifically it made perfect sense to him that we evolved from Monkeys. I explained how, Biblically, that thought process was flawed. He had a hard time placing faith and belief in that.
:(
My school room looks like a Tornado hit it. :) Must mean it is used alot. LOL
Anyway, school will start back up Tuesday and be in full force by next week. I need to write a unit study for Nathan. The Solar System thing was a wash. He loves dogs and anything even remotely related to dogs. I think we will do a unit on that. That should keep his interest.
Anyway, I should go to bed. It is 12:30 and the sun rises in 6 hours. Perhaps I should sleep.
posted by Magpie at 9:21 PM
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It sounds like you are doing an awesome job teaching your boys.
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