Since today is a national holiday, I'm giving the kids the day off of school. I haven't decided yet if we're going to catch up tomorrow or if I'll just re-boot my lesson plan making up for the missed day.
I tried out my new religion plan this week. The first day we focused on learning a prayer, the second day we read a story from the old Testament and the third day we read from the new Testament. I like the rhythm and it keeps the kids thinking about what we're studying and why. I'm keeping it. :-)
We also did math this week, using Saxon K. Because I actually did all my lesson prep in advance it was much easier than winging it, which was what I was doing before. It worked seamlessly into our work week.
This week we didn't have any "weak" points per se, unlike last week. While I feel good about that, we did run into a couple of other snags.
Yesterday, the 6 year old Robbie and 4 year old Bri both started having trouble focussing about 2/3 of the way into our school time. I'm not sure if it was the fact that we have out of town company or the couple added subjects this week. Either way, they ran out of steam, so I backed off. We did all the essentials, but some of the optionals fell by the wayside. Which is fine. That's why they're "optionals".
Also, 15 month old Kitty has developed an aversion to school time. I think she feels left out when she's not the center of attention. It's okay, though. She will get used to it.
3 year old Marty still loves read aloud time and poetry time. And I found out yesterday that he will do coloring sheets if, and only if, I hand him the crayon at the same time as I hand him the page.
Have a great week, everyone. Happy lesson planning!
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