Monthly Archives: May 2008

More reading & the fruits of the spirit

Today he decided to do more words. I cannot stop this kid! He is loving learning on his little chalkboard easel. We did a number of words. He also remembered that some words have a long A sound because they end in E. The two words he did today for that were cake and cage. [...]

He’s Reading & Spelling!

Fighting for two weeks has paid off. Last night he brought me his easel and asks me what he should spell. He sounded out and spelled : cat, dog, my first & last name, hill, sun and probably a few other words. This morning he read the word God after sounding it out. It is [...]

Math Sheets and Planners

I found a nice site with a bunch of resources today. Donna Young’s Homeschool Planner is only one small part of the goodies she offers for download. I got a lovely simple math sheet that I cut into 3s for Taz’s math review today from her site. I have it marked on my trailfire for [...]

Learning to Read

Yesterday and today we were working on his phonics. It is something else to hear him finally get a word. He read a few pretty well by sounding htem out yesterday. Today, not so much. He is fighting me about it because he just wants me to tell him the answer. I have never been [...]

Thoughts like these damage homeschoolers everywhere

Take a read through this blogger’s view on homeschooling as based on the 2 families that he/she has seen in action. I must say, it’s sad that a person who dealt with only 2 families of thousands would make such sweeping statements. Not all homeschoolers are Christian families who base their teaching strategies on fear. [...]

Summer Camp is a-go

Just signed him up for the 8th week of YMCA summer camp. I am so excited for him. His godmother said she also wants to take him to the Franklin Institute soon. He is ready to go for the summer camp at our church, too. This kid is going to have an awesome summer! Tags: [...]

Summer camp!

My son’s godmother has said that she will treat him to a week of summer day camp. I have chosen two that we might do. The first is from the YMCA for a week, the other from his Jiu Jitsu class. I am hoping that his delayed shots record won’t deter them from allowing him [...]

10 pages in 3 minutes

Today was a pretty okay day for learning. I let his father take over the Math lesson to give me a break, and give him a feel for what I go through nearly every day! That took an hour, even with his father right next to him helping. The kid just DOESN’T want to do [...]