Last night after going to bed, Benjamin got up said, "Look Dad." In his hand was a tooth. You have to understand something: This is the same kid who only last month had to be threatened with "You better let me get that tooth out or you are going to be in HUGE trouble!!" Wow, he is growing up.He made two funny observations about his toothlessness.
1. If he keeps losing teeth he is going to look like George Washington. (we are studying presidents)
2. The holes in his mouth look like a gun.
As far as other news goes: Homeschool is going fairly smooth. As far as getting our schedule down, it is not down to the point where I can say we do this from 8:00-8:25 and this from 8:26-9:14, but it is working out. We cut our day a bit short Monday on account of Mark having to go to the doctor. We skipped PE, but we made up for it yesterday.
I have been very appreciative of little things since we are not public schoolers any more. The day that would have been the first day of school Benjamin saw three hummingbirds outside of his window. We have since noticed that they really seem to like the bush outside of that window. We tried a recipe for potato gnocchi that was in Family Fun Magazine. We tried it for lunch on a day that they would have been at school. It was good, but the really good thing was just being in the kitchen together making a mess and having a good time. Yesterday the big boys did school in pajama pants and cut off sweats. Very comfy. Samuel wore his Dash costume. He wore his robe part of the time so he could open it up to reveal the Incredibles symbol. They could not be doing all that if they were in public school. As a matter of fact, I really could not imagine putting Samuel in public school. It is not just because he is the youngest and oh my little baby is not ready. He is bold, fearless and ready for anything. I do not think public school is quite ready for Mr. Samuel Joseph Gilliland. He is a very opinionated nonconformist. Definitely marches to the beat of his own drum. Sings to the beat of said drum, too. I think he would stay in trouble all the time, just for being himself. That would most likely lead to him hating school. I am so glad we have started this journey where learning is an adventure, not a chore. I could kick myself for not starting this sooner.
The Joy of Learning about Space
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When a child looks up and sees the small dots of light shimmering against
the night sky, the moon shifting over the earth or the sun setting on the
horiz...
9 years ago
4 comments:
You know, this is *exactly* what I tell people! It is not my quiet one that would freak me out in public school. It is his bold, fearless sister. I shudder to even think about it.
The other day (when I read the little discussion that you and your husband had in the comments) I wandered over to his profile and it made my day to see that you are both so intent on teaching God's Word to young people! It made my heart glad, glad, glad.
~Annemarie
ps. We have a time schedule, but I purposely schedule way more time than we need just so I can say "Hey guys, we are waaay ahead of schedule!" Isn't that sad? :)
Hmm....maybe we should try scheduling extra time so we can be ahead. That way I would be able not to feel like I am running behind all the time.
You would not believe the difference we have seen in our youth group over the last two years. They have gone from not knowing much about the Bible to now when we ask a question, most of the time they can answer it. (bad thing is some of our adults who have been in church all their lives can't answer some of the things that the youth can.)
Kelli,
I always try to push through the review parts of each subject. My sister, who has homeschooled for about 47,000 years even tests them out of some chapters. That way, if they already "have" something, they can move on to real learning, and the end of the year is not just spent trying to catch up.
Thanks for stopping by! It is nice to hear advice from other homeschool moms.
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