Plans for the Spring
We only have 7 weeks of our Sonlight core left and it's only November. However, I don't want to start the next core early; I'd really like to stick to my schedule. I think we'll run into this problem every since we school year around. We do take breaks and have less intense weeks when we pare down school to the minimums, but we end up having an extra 11 weeks or so of school/year.My plan for that time is to focus on reading some good literature that isn't contained in the Sonlight cores. We already read extra literature for fun, but this would be a time when we can really focus and devote some time to it. This year, we're going to do a quick run-though of Sonlight's preschool co

Homeschool Conversations Pt. 2
D-Man: Mom, I don't want to do school anymore. I want to play all of the time!Mom: Alright, I guess we can throw your math books away, then.D-Man: No! I still want to do math and spelling.Mom: Okay, that's fine. We'll just stop doing geography .D-Man: No, no. I love geography...I want to do that.Mom: What about our school reading?D-Man: Well, I want to do that too.Mom: D, that's all of school. What is it exactly that you do

Weekly Update--catch up...Week 20
Oh...the neglected blog! I've been delinquent with my blog recently because we've been so BUSY. Between Airrosti treatment (my shoulder feels so much better), minor illness, and dr. appts (it was only a mosquito bite!), we've been on the go. However, school goes on. We've had some great school days in the last few weeks. It really is fun for this mom to watch her son's brain figure things out. So here's what's been going on... LA: SWR has been a big focus for us lately. The words have gotten a bit harder so D-Man needs to practice them more during the week. I've had to add in some extra review. He really knows his pho

Homeschool Conversations pt. 1
This was a conversation that occurred this morning:D-Man: (while finishing his geography) Mom, can we do my word problems book next...PLEASE?Mom: Sure. If if that's what you want to do...D-Man: How many pages can I do? Can I do a lot?Mom (who has planned for D-Man to do 1 page/day): How about 2 pages? That's a lot, right?D-Man: No, how about 5 pages because I'm 5? Can I please do 5 pages? That would be 10 problems. (He continues talking to himself) Unless I do 20 problems...then I would only have to do 5 more pages.Mom: Okay, you c

And Still...More Read-Alouds
Here are my reviews of the latest books we're reading for school:The Milly-Molly-Mandy StorybookThis has been a surprise hit in our house. We are 4 chapters into the book and the boys love it. They really like that Milly-Molly-Mandy lives with her extended family on the farm