My four year old Pixie flits in and out of our school activities. Today, she was sitting in the living room floor surrounded by colored paper, scissors, crayons and tape. She created a whole family of (almost life-size) paper dolls! At the same time she was chanting, "amo, amas, amat . . .". When she saw me looking at her she said she was doing her Latin too. (Most of the time she is playing somewhere nearby when we are "doing school".)
For her "formal" schooling, we are singing poems about flower fairies, reading "Letters from Heaven" and studying beautiful works of art. She is learning to write the letters of the alphabet and a little bit about numbers from the "Gnumber Gnomes". She calls it her fairy school -- a perfect fit for my little Pixie. This incredible unit study (Along the Alphabet Path) is being created by a fantastic homeschool mom who is using it with her children too! Check it out!
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Jan. 27, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Yes, I wish I could take the best of everyone's methods and mesh them all! ;-)
I guess this is normal huh? The first year or 2 to really find your 'way' and the oldest being the guinea pig? lol
hubby wants to me give singapore math a fair shot, so there ya go! That's settled. Phonics/reading...I think reading, reading and reading from easy readers and backing up a notch with 1-2 pages of ETC per day is what will help him to build fluency where he is 'at' ya know?