I'm going through How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons, by Siegfried Engelmann, with Ethan. We're on day three. Tonight, right before bed, I wrote this on a post-it note:
I am sam
I told him I'd give him 5 M&Ms if he read it. He did. His first sentence read...I am sam.
Way to go buddy!!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Where to begin? How about at the beginning.
Today marked the first day of school for The Loft Academy. I must say I wasn't the least bit nervous as their teacher since I feel like I've been preparing for this day for months. I've researched, read, planned, shopped, organized, prayed and dreamed. And today, it was do or die.
Since this is our first year homeschooling I was prepared for all of the times my kids would tell me I wasn't doing it, "like we did at school." I'm okay with that because it's new to all of us. You see, doing school at home isn't quite like sitting in a classroom with 20+ other kiddos. It's going to be different and it's going to feel different. We'll work through it.
One of the highlights of the day was getting to see exactly what my kids were learning. Yes, most of the day was complete review in terms of content, but it was fun to hear their comments, questions and declarations of knowledge. When learning about ecosystems we learned that the word biome is short for biological home and the world ecology stems from the Greek word oikos (oekologie). Who knew?!? This will be fun for all of us.
Overall I'd give today an A. It went much better than I expected but I purposefully set my expectations low. So, tomorrow, we'll rise and shine for day two. Only 149 more days till summer vacation ;)
First Day of School Pictures
Since this is our first year homeschooling I was prepared for all of the times my kids would tell me I wasn't doing it, "like we did at school." I'm okay with that because it's new to all of us. You see, doing school at home isn't quite like sitting in a classroom with 20+ other kiddos. It's going to be different and it's going to feel different. We'll work through it.
One of the highlights of the day was getting to see exactly what my kids were learning. Yes, most of the day was complete review in terms of content, but it was fun to hear their comments, questions and declarations of knowledge. When learning about ecosystems we learned that the word biome is short for biological home and the world ecology stems from the Greek word oikos (oekologie). Who knew?!? This will be fun for all of us.
Overall I'd give today an A. It went much better than I expected but I purposefully set my expectations low. So, tomorrow, we'll rise and shine for day two. Only 149 more days till summer vacation ;)
First Day of School Pictures
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