This week in school

Wow- this week is flying by for me and I feel like it hasn't been that good of one. J has been switching his schedule around and working 3 days a week. I finally had to ask him to stop because it is really putting a strain on home school. I need at least 3 good teaching days w/o lil'c climbing all over me :) . Next week is going to be a little stressful too, but after that he said he would not do any more changes. He is only doing them so we can go out Fridays, but right now, I really need to put school first and maybe we can just go out during the week.

 

We had fun doing our experiments in science and studying about Lincoln in history. I have really started to develop a LOVE of history. It is strange, I feel I could read on and on for hours about our past.  I also am developing a taste for politics. Something, that until recently didn't interest me too much. I mean I exercise my right to vote and try to keep up with everything going on, but lately with all this studying /teaching it really has me curious about the way it all works.?.

   Anyhow, we all really enjoyed our study on William Wilberforce! He was an amazing man who persevered even though he was met with so much opposition. His journey was an incredible one and a great example for all of us!

  We are behind in some of our readings, I have not found our groove when it comes to all the reading Sonlight has you do. I went ahead and dropped a book we were supposed to read (which was hard for me to do) – but there are only so many hours in a day! It is their suggestion that you pick and choose and not attempt to do everything unless you stretch it out over 1 ½ to 2yrs. So, that is really what I am trying to do. At any given time we are reading from 7 different books. All exceptional picks, so knowing which ones to drop is a difficult task. I decided to have each child read a separate book instead of buying 2 copies or making one wait while the other is finishing, so that has helped. Then they just switch when they complete it. The only problem with that is C sometimes flies through her books while E is a little slower. He does better when the book is interesting, but not every book is going to be exactly what he wants. He has been whining about this lately and it really drains me of energy. Two days in a row I have spent encouraging this little guy to stick w/ it because he is going to be better for it; if he develops a passion for reading now! As I write this though, it has to be a little hard for a kid to have to read one book after another w/ no real break in between. When I think about it we really DO move from one book straight into the next. Hmmm..maybe I will look into that. I don’t know. He has to read, it will only get easier. I am not sure what is going on with him, I need to sit down and find out what we can do together to make this work.

  I need to really pray more about all of this! I have not been good about finding alone time with God. I hate to even admit to that. My lack of effort has made my well run dry. It is no wonder my life has been so chaotic. My prayer is that I will crave a closer relationship with God and draw on Him to give me the strength to make it through this. I don’t want to just “survive” my days, I really want to “thrive” !

R reading her words with her Zebra ears on :)

She looked cute & comfy!