http://thewaytheyshouldgo.homeschooljournal.net Preparing our girls for the future God has planned Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:07:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We were sitting in Burger King yesterday.  On Wednesdays, if they get school work done my noon (which mommy works harder for than them I think) we go to Burger King.  This is not just any Burger King mind you, this is the one with the big multi-story play area!  ... http://thewaytheyshouldgo.homeschooljournal.net/2007/04/12/because-i-love-you-very-much/ Well, last Wednesday we are doing schoolwork.  No big shocker.  Working away.  After 4-year-old finishes her math work (Math-U-See Primer), which she zips through, I have a Math-at-home book from Walmart that she picks and chooses pages out of to work on.  Let me inject an important detail.  This child LOVES ... http://thewaytheyshouldgo.homeschooljournal.net/2007/04/08/yay-good-moments/ Well, it's been absolutely forever since I've written to this site.  My mother actually mentioned it a few weeks ago asking when I would be writing here again.   So I'm finally back. What's been going on in the almost year since I've written?  Ugh.  The big thing is that we moved ... http://thewaytheyshouldgo.homeschooljournal.net/2007/04/01/im-such-a-slacker/ Well, we made it.  Babchie kept the girls for the weekend - and they had fun even if the weather wasn't conducive Babchie's big beautiful pool. Scott and I went to HEAV (unfortunate acronym isn't it) which stands for Home Educator's Association of Virginia.  I was there last year, but this ... http://thewaytheyshouldgo.homeschooljournal.net/2006/06/14/survived-the-homeschool-fair/ "I don't understand.  I asked God to take away all of my sins, and I pray again and I ask Him to, and then I do it again!  I don't understand that." Those words from a 5 year old will stop you dead in your tracks in the middle of the kitchen, ... http://thewaytheyshouldgo.homeschooljournal.net/2006/06/04/a-five-year-old-question/ That's it.  Apparently it's decided.  LOL I have to admit I was a little taken aback by this - because this is the girl who announces to everyone she meets, "I'm a girl who really likes bugs."  Seriously, this is how she introduces herself to people.  So I said, "I thought ... http://thewaytheyshouldgo.homeschooljournal.net/2006/05/29/when-i-grow-up-im-going-to-teach-art/ Recently I've really noticed KTRose's ability to remember stories I am reading to her.  She's always done fairly well at this with her usual kiddie books, but with chapter books it has been harder. When I pulled out The Well Trained Mind recently I was reminded of the work it recommends ... http://thewaytheyshouldgo.homeschooljournal.net/2006/05/29/story-retention/ I do something that totally befuddles my husband.  I know I do it, I know he doesn't understand, but I can't help myself. I can see it at the end of the evening as we put dishes in the kitchen, start turning off lights in the family room.  He's ready to ... http://thewaytheyshouldgo.homeschooljournal.net/2006/05/25/my-nighttime-puttering/ One of the things I said I would write about a while ago was what I am planning to do for next year.  So here goes. Planning starts early since all the homeschool fairs get underway as early as mid-May.  So for me, that means I want to have a good ... http://thewaytheyshouldgo.homeschooljournal.net/2006/05/25/planning-first-grade-curriculum/ Well, there's never a dull moment is there??  On Sunday morning I had gotten fed up with our Lydia's (age 3.5) lack of potty training.  I had taken to telling her, as I changed her diaper, "You know, Mommy thought I would be done changing these stinky diapers by now."  She ... http://thewaytheyshouldgo.homeschooljournal.net/2006/05/23/potty-training-and-a-stye-in-the-eye/