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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]