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Feb. 2, 2006
Our day so far
I
just sent the dc out to play (and burn off some excess energy).
I've managed to pick up a headache somewhere along the line today, and
the rollerblading in the house was really grating on my last nerve.
Yes, you read that last sentence correctly. Since we are doing
all the finish work on our new house, we still have subfloor only in
most rooms, which allows for some activities that will NOT be permitted
once the hardwood is all in. And the dc have discovered that
rollerblading UPstairs is WAY more fun than in the basement.
Since we have no pavement anywhere outside, scooters and rollerblades
are inside activities, and heretofore have been undertaken on the
cement floor in the basement. I did put my foot down and say the
scooters could NOT come up.
Anyway, we got a later
start on together school than I generally like. I was helping dh
move a dresser in our room out of the way of the next flooring to go
in, and then I laid the boards out for that row.
The dc had
all been working on independent work, and B12 and G8 had gotten most of
theirs done. I gathered everyone to the table and we read the
book of Jonah while they all colored a picture of the fish. B12
took notes for a potential news story next week. He was elected
the pool secretary (the others are still a bit slow at
notetaking). In this unit of TOG, our group project is to write a
newspaper. The dc are very excited about this, and are doing a
great job with their articles. They've planned to do an obituarty
section, and possibly funny pages as well. "The Bethlehem Star"
and "The Star of David" are two potential names they are
contemplating. Already, their summarizing skills have improved.
Then I passed out maps of the ancient Middle East, and they shaded the Assyrian Kingdom at its peak.
The youngers left to either finish independent work (B10) or play (G8),
and B12 and I worked on practicing spelling words, and Latin.
Finished him and it was about lunch time, so while defrosting hamburger
for sloppy joes, I popped on the puter for a few minutes.
Dh
had been out seeding Lespedeza (sort of like an alfalfa), and he popped
in to check on lunch progress. Told him about 10 more minutes,
and got it going.
Got back to teaching one-on-one after lunch
with G8. My, do we clash and butt heads! She comes to the
table with an attitude nearly every day, and I'm afraid I come bracing
for one and am therefore harsh before we even begin. I'm not sure
what to do to change things, but change they must. I'll be
praying about this.
B10 only needed me to dictate spelling
words to practice for tomorrow's test, so that went quickly. And
I'm done being teacher for today! YEAH!
Dh left with MIL and FIL to go look at a bull for FIL, so he won't be back till supper time. I've got a quiet house!
I SHOULD be cleaning up the mudroom (it is living up to its name these days), and I will. In a minute....
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Feb. 3, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Leslie