April 2011

Well, we are still plodding along with our school year. I am excited about getting close to done with our curriculum for the year. The next few weeks we are pretty much going to focus on the 4R's. I am ahead in almost everything except the core, so we will do that and then throw in the core readings. I think the readings are Noah's favorite part anyway so this will be a treat for him. I am really trying to focus on handwriting too because even though we have practiced some and he can write, I think it is time to really improve the handwriting so he does it neatly.

Math is going well also. We are working our way through Singapore 1A for now. I think he is really doing well with this and we are also throwing in memorizing math facts. I just made my own cards up so that is going pretty well. He gets a little frustrated when he gets them wrong, but it can be a little confusing.

LA is going pretty good also. We are about 5 weeks ahead in this area, so we are going to back off and I will let Noah have a little break here. That is where we are just going to work on Handwriting and reading with a little copywork thrown in. I have Shurley English I have purchased for next year as well as SL LA 2 with the readers and ETC 4-6. I am so excited to start all this, but I think I want to have a summer break before we dive into a new core/LA... Kinda like starting a fresh new year.

Science has not really been happening here. I just have not been keeping up in this area. Sometimes I will do some and they do enjoy it, I just haven't gotten that in the game yet. We did read some about the earth from Apologia and noah and kayla really enjoyed that. I guess for now they will have to live with The Magic School Bus on TV for science :) (They are watching that as I type)

Kayla I have decided to do SL P3/4 instead of the P4/5. I ordered a bunch of the books off of Amazon for real cheap so I am pleased with that. She really likes those books. I am mostly just reading them to her before bed time. I think I would like to have a more relaxed K year with kayla, but she really will be almost 6 when it is time for her to start school...December b-day. Oh well. She does enjoy school, but she still needs to learn a little more about self-control before she can really get into doing school. We still work on things orally like counting and read some together, but she does have a shorter attention span.

Overal, I am pleased with how the school year has gone. I didn't know how I could do it, especially with 3 kids, but God's grace is amazing and sufficient! Thank you Lord for a great school year so far.