Week 1

We have survived our first week of schooling at home! Miss M began second grade, and Mister J is officially in pre-pre-kindergarten, which mostly involves playing with his trucks while his sister works.  I was pleasantly surprised to see how well both kids adapted to our new space and schedule. 

Miss M's lessons this week:  Creation, telling time, and learning the names of the seven continents.  We also had two big outings.  We went to our local fair, which Miss M said was the "most exciting event of the year."  We also went to a steam engine show where we saw antique engines, threshing machines, a kids' train, some beautiful horses and more.  It was a busy week, but it was amazing to set our own schedule, work at our own pace, and make learning adjustments as needed. 

Mr. J's lessons this week:  He had to work on sharing time and attention in our new work space.  He was very excited about us starting school, but he kept asking when we were going.  I told him, "This is our school."  He said, "No!  This is our home!"  Right, Mr. J.  It's now both!  He loves our new work space because he has lots of places to run his trucks around, and crayons get scooped into a front loader really well!

We're learning a Bible verse for every letter of the alphabet, using Robert Wolgemuth's book The Most Important Place on Earth.  So, I'll post those every week for anyone else who'd like to use them. 

All we, like sheep, have gone astray.  Isaiah 53:6
Verses We've Learned


Lesson Learned: 
My daughter is a kinesthetic learner!  She has been an obvious linquistic learner since birth.  Her verbal skills have always been a strong point, and I knew that she needed to "talk things out" to learn.  But I saw her this week jump out of her chair several times a day when new concepts were introduced.  She sang, she danced, she skipped and jumped.  It was fascinating to watch her jiggling the information into her brain.