These last two weeks can be defined as thinking outside of the box. To be honest, I don’t usually think it is my style. I like to go down the checklist and get it done. But I’m finding my children are much more receptive, interested, and quick to learn when I’m more loose about finishing things, […]
Week in Review: Extremes
Only in Chicagoland can these kinds of extremes happen in five days. The snow last Friday put me in a seriously bad mood. But this week has been plenty hot and humid! Enjoyable at times, but that too has put me in a nasty mood. I feel like I go from cheerful to crabby a lot. […]
Week in Review: Mom-School
My son has found a way for us to enjoy school even more: Mom School. As we do his school during the week, he curates ideas of things to test me on. Then, on Friday, he gave me school. I had to do a crossword puzzle with all of his spelling words in it. Next […]
Week in Review: Close Reading
Raisin is a very strong reader, and he loves to read anything and everything! This week he has been reading about scabs. And all the other gross things on our bodies. The library books he checked out have real photographs of scabs on the covers. I call them the “icky books” and Strawberry has begun […]
Week in Review: Sad but We’ve Been Learning
This started off with a bit of a sad note as I mentioned in Monday’s post, so I let homeschool go a bit more than I normally would. We played, we read, and we did not have formal learning on Monday and Tuesday. The rest of the week has been good in general.
Week in Review: Seasons of Life
We had a tragedy this weekend. One of the Bishop’s counselors for our congregation died unexpectedly. It has affected all of us. What it has done for me is reminded me of the important things. I hold my kids a little closer, and I try to refrain from yelling a bit more. We do not […]
Week in Review: Tears
This was a difficult, tear-filled week for my emotional first grader. For his privacy, I won’t go in to details. For my own, I’ll add that this is an intensely personal post. As the screams and tears continued from one day to the next, I found myself wondering, however, if for my sanity I needed […]
Week in Review: Play
I cannot believe it is already time for another week in review. This week has been fun! I am still enjoying a much more relaxed homeschool, and it is doing great things for my stress levels. I believe Raisin enjoys it too. This week can be summarized as “PLAY.”
Week in Review: Distracted
This week has been full of distractions! I can’t say we got much school done, but it was a great week for learning, so I am not too worried. I keep telling myself that Raisin is already ahead for his age, so why rush through thing just to say we did? That said, I need […]
Week in Review: Valentine’s Day
Last year, I was a pretty new blogger and Valentine’s Day week was very stressful to me because we did not get school “done.” I feel like laughing at my reaction last year. I am a lot more laid back this year. This year, Raisin decorated Valentines on the computer again and we went to […]