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8月24日 My life now...OK heres my life in a nut shell( or single blog entry). Mack is turning 10 this weekend and I am a little sad about that. They grow up so quick. Hubby's birthday was last weekend, and he got a 'new to us' Harley. Its a nice bike, to bad I am scared to ride them! I think they should be called murder-cycles.
Anyway, the kids are REALLY ready to start school, and I am trying to hold them off by letting them do work books. I am not ready to start and I havent ordered all the supplies yet. I will do that the 1st of Sept. So, our first day will be prob. be the 7th. Did I tell you what I was using this year? I cant remember...ok I'll tell you again
Math= Systematic Math for Keagen and Sawyer-upton 5/6 grade for Mack.
Science= Apologia
History= Mystery of History
English= Alpha Omega
Thats the basic 4 we also have Bible, Art and Music. Plus all the Co-op classes...will be busy year and I can understand the kids eagerness! I am waiting for the weather to "feel" like school. That fall feel. I bet we get an early fall here, with all the extreme weather we've had this summer, the leaves started turning 2 weeks ago! That means a LONG winter...be prepared folks!
Have a good one and check out Hubbys murder-cycle.
Tanna
 8月12日 Baaaaad mommy.... As I have told you all before, my youngest child has dyslexia. A trait of dyslexia is being unable to organize or to stay organized. This child of mine REALLY struggles with this. I can tolerate a little mess and disorganization once in a while, but this child....sigh. So heres what happened, I had been telling her to clean her room for at LEAST 2 weeks. Not kidding, every morning I would remind her to do it and every night it looked the same, or worse! So, at my wits end I told her either she would clean it or I would,and if I had too all of her toys would be boxed up and packed away. I was met with the usual response...yes mom. The next night no change. So I did it, I cleaned her room and boxed of every single toy (except those that would fit on her book shelf) and put them in the attic. Now before I get the worst mother of the year award, let me describe this mess. Ok for the sake of the blog, just the closet. I removed dirty clothes mixed with clean clothes all rolled into balls...all of which smelled like dirty socks. Then to my amazment I realized I wasnt stepping on carpet, but a FOUR INCH layer of shreded paper, puzzles pieces, game pieces, broken toys...I was angry at that point. Dyslexia not not, there is no excuse for that. It has been 3 weeks since I cleaned her room, and I have to wonder WHY do I spend money on toys? Do you know she hasnt even asked for ONE of the toys thats been packed away? I mean really, which is more fun, an easy bake oven or baking with mom? Just sharing.... Tanna 8月9日 So tell meI loved back to school time as a child. The smell of new notebooks and crayons, the hours I spent finding that perfect outfit for the first day; When that day finally arrived I could hardly eat breakfast! Now as a homeschool parent, not much has changed. I still love the smell of school supplies and I spend hours planning the perfect day. I do, however, eat breakfast, its one of our first day traditions. This is what the first day of school looks like at our house...
I get up early and put a quick bread in the oven. Its some sort of spice bread so that the scent will fill the house and signal little noses that its time to wake up. As the bread cooks and smells yummy, I brew my coffee. Slowly, two sets of sleepy eyes come down stairs dressed in a new outfit( usually shorts and a top bought on clearence!). Bread is served with juice(coffee for me!) and fruit. As the girls pick up from breakfast, I get out the new school supplies and books, most of which I have kept hidden until this morning. We go over what we will be learning, lable notebooks and look at books. We have a basics review ( times tables, handwriting etc...) and end the day outside. We either go to the park or go for a walk, we just find away to breathe and prepare for the upcoming school year. So tell me, what does the first day of school look like at your house? PS
Christine, I am going with your suggestion for math ...cant wait to try it out!
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