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By the Book
11.9.2007
Making Up For Lost Time... Sort Of
Well, we are finally back on track. All visitors are gone and all bodies are healthy. Well, H's getting another cold, but her education is still in the informal stage.
Things are going really good on the home front these days. I am starting to get the balancing act of running the home and working from the home down. I do not get as much work done as I would like, but I'm sure that will come with time. The hospital that I type for usually sends its work to Cobb late, around 10:00 or so. My ideal working times are from around 7:00 until around 11:00. This does not usually work out, so I have to just take less work. But, at least I'm making some money, even if it's not quite as much as I want.
Today we will be doing Calvert lesson 29. The last several lessons have gone very smooth, and I anticipate the same today. It has been a good school week, overall. We have been talking about different kinds of jobs. We have covered train conductors and engineers, news reporters, teachers, and doctors and nurses. Called the discussion part of the lesson, this seems to be something else besides science that K is not interested in. However, this week's science lesson went pretty good. She got to draw the appropriate missing parts of a face and then tell me what sense they were for. She'll do pretty much anything if I involve drawing. I think Miss Meghan at the library did a much better job covering senses than I was able to do! At least she held K's attention.
Her reading lessons have covered y and n this week, so we have also discussed yes and no and different ways to say them with body language. Today will cover more of that. All in all, there seems to be a lot of unnecessary review for her, but if she is not complaining, I am not. As long as she finds it fun, I will review all day. If there is something that looks like it would be frustrating to drill into her brain any more, I will skip it, but for the most part she doesn't mind repeating things. She is doing almost all of her own cutting now. She does pretty good, even if it does take a while. (It gives me time to take notes on her progress!)
We have started a "Me Book" this week, too. So far she has drawn a blanket, spaghetti and mac 'n' cheese for her favorite food, Logan and Isis, and Mommy and H. I'll try to take some pictures of that when she is all done with it.
In math, we have done introductions to bar graphs and ordinal place this week. Pretty easy stuff. I'm waiting for something a bit more challenging, but at least with the hands-on approach that Saxon provides, K has not been bothered by the ease of the lessons. I have been told not to skip anything with Saxon, as it will all be needed toward the end of the year and in 1st grade. The daily calendar discussion is starting to get a little more involved. Still easy, but they have added the spelling of the day of the week and the month. And we're on an ABB pattern this month instead of just an AB pattern. K has been doing patterns for so long she hates doing anything with an AB pattern. We were working on that with a lesson last week, and she insisted that she be allowed to use more than two colors. So I let her do an ABC pattern instead. It made the lesson go smoother. I'm sure it will all become challenging once I can just get caught up to the level that she is at.
Right now we are holding off on gymnastics until after the holidays. This decision is part financial, and part schedule. Daddy is going away for business both this month and next month, so it just didn't make sense to sign up for the current session. Not to mention that extra Christmas cash will come in handy! We are, however, keeping busy with Sunday school and library activities. K goes to story time on Mondays, which involves reading, singing, and a craft. H goes to lapsit on Tuesdays, which is reading, singing, and playing with toys. They also went to a Halloween party, where they got to play games and make some crafts. That was fun, but probably something they would have liked better if they were just a tad bit older. Next year will probably be good for it.
Well, that is the rundown of where we are at. It looks like everything social and educational is intact. Until next time...
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