In my life this week... Today is my Daddy's birthday! Happy Birthday Daddy! I also found some good friends that I haven't seen in FOREVER on Facebook! This particular couple introduced my husband and I. I'm looking forward to catching up with them.
In our homeschool this week... We're keepin' on keepin' on!! We did start purposefully doing memory work this week. We're using the Scripture Memory System from Simply Charlotte Mason to help us keep track. We're using it for everything, not just Scripture work. Took me a couple of hours to set it up (printing off the cards, cutting them out, ect., then copying what I wanted onto index cards), but it was worth it. :)
Places we're going and people we're seeing... Not planning on getting out this week. Hopefully. ;-) Didn't get out last week, either. Some weeks, you just gotta stay home and chill. I did go to Dairy Queen last night, does that count?
My favorite thing this week was... Seeing how much the kids LOVED their new Latin! They're really picking it up rather quickly, too, I'm surprised. Right now, it's just primarily vocabulary, so we've added what we're learning to our memory box, just to make sure it sticks. ;-)
What's working/not working for us... I'm having my reservations about CQLA. I'm thinking, though, now that LA time is behind us a few hours, that it's not the curriculum, it's the lack of preparation they have in grammar and writing. :( I really feel I've let them down in this regard. I know that they're young, though, and it's not too late to fix it and catch them up. It does drive me up a wall when I have to go over basics every. single. day, though. Like indenting. Apparently, my kids are allergic to indenting paragraphs. (((pulling out hair...)))
The other thing we're having, um, "issues" with is computer work. You might remember my post on it a while back. Well, I'm still a HUGE advocate, but we're getting to the point where we want to be on it ALL of the time. Actually, we want screen time, period. If it's not computer time, they want to watch a movie (we don't have TV, just movies). So, we're cutting back on it. Their spelling, vocab, and typing will be just fine until I detox them a bit, and can introduce them back slowly, with the computer being a tool, not a toy.
Homeschool questions/thoughts I have... There is so much out there. So many theories, philosophies, ideas. It's so overwhelming. Touting one particular philosophy as the gospel truth within homeschooling circles doesn't help, either. I guess I'm still feeling bad about the kids not doing so hot in grammar. I feel like I could've, and should've, pushed them a bit more when they were younger, but everyone said to wait, slow down, use gentle learning... Maybe I could've avoided this. Maybe not. I dunno.
A photo, video, link, or quote to share...
Do you have one of those kids who, no matter what you recommend, is sure he'll just HATE it? My 8 year old is like that. I've been trying to get him to read about King Arthur forever, sure he'd adore it. He decided that since Mom wanted him to read it so badly, it must be horrible. I finally put my foot down and made him crack the book. ;-) Guess what? He loves it. ((sigh)) So... this is for him. :)
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