Week 4 Well, here we are, 4 weeks in. I have been pleasantly surprised that it has gone as smoothly as it has. I think they have had fun and I know I have. It is exhausting but very rewarding and I am learning so much along with them. We should've left for a week at the beach on Sunday, but hurricane Sally had other plans so we are hoping to leave maybe Thursday and make a good, long weekend out of it. I had planned a lot of "beach school' for the week, but since we aren't there, I didn't want to make it any sadder by studying all of our favorite things, so this week has been a tiny bit impromptu. Today, we worked on a nice acrostic poem about September and watercolored it. Alice began an online piano class and we did lots of watercolor. We also dissected some seeds and learned about cotyledons, monocots and dicots...so much better to get our hands on things!!! And, can't forget that today was Poetry Teatime...one of our very favorite days every week. Here ar
Today was the day!!! It came at a rather awful time but we started and it happened and it was good!!! Lucy is in 8th and Alice is in 6th. I have been so very excited about spending this time with them and can't wait to do all of the things that have been swirling in my head for all these months. Today, we started with our 'morning basket'...Journey through the Bible, hymn study from Then Sings My Soul and our Scripture Memory Box of verses. Then, we played a 5 song playlist to complete our 'readies' to...made the bed, brushed teeth, got dressed, tidied rooms/bathrooms and started laundry. We ended with the Hymn we talked about 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus. As it finished, they met me for Math. Then, for English, we ran to the library for books and while we were out, grabbed ChickFilA. After we got back, we had our "Feet Up" time as I read our read aloud, The Penderwicks. Then, we ended with a little Art as we decorated our Art Notebooks and li