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August 24, 2005
Better Days
The Dark Mark lifted. Better days have returned to our home and school.
Not great, but better. This seems to have been a rough transition for the boys.
Our first six weeks of school is drawing to a close, and we've met about half of my original goals. That's better than it sounds; some of the goals changed mid-stream. We didn't finish our Right Start book, but we bounded ahead in Singapore. We didn't do science (not in any kind of formal way, but we do informal science every day). We fizzled out with Writing Strands. However, we also read books that weren't on my radar six weeks ago. And we're ahead in Latin, by two chapters for each boy! We've also started a formal geography program, which again was not on my radar, but which has been a great deal of fun so far.
I had originally planned for us to do a somewhat formal unit on Texas history. This has morphed into a great deal of reading, and reenacting the Alamo.
We're reading through the Little House books. They love these. I didn't think they would, but they do. They love them. They beg for more. They ask questions. They get completely involved in the story. Really, it's more than I ever hoped for. Sharing these books, which mean so much to me, with my boys who love them is the most incredible gift.
Next we're heading into the Civil War. What do you think are my odds of getting my boys to sit through "Gone With the Wind?"
Posted by lynx at August 24, 2005 11:45 PM
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I would say none, but you never know. However, Gettysburg would be a big hit, especially with Connor.
Posted by: Brian at August 25, 2005 1:41 AM
Linked here from Sarah's blog Hello!
My son LOVED GWTW believe it or not.
He named his two kittens main characters! funny.
I'm trying to get back into blogging again; just wanted to say hello!
Posted by: Local Homeschooler at August 25, 2005 3:43 PM
Just have to say...I *LOVE* the Alamo! LOL!
Posted by: The Crib Chick at August 25, 2005 8:56 PM
Just found your blog from a link at TWTM boards and had to tell you, I love it! You're real and have a great sense of humor! Keep up the great posts!
www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy
Posted by: Becky at August 27, 2005 12:19 PM
how great that you are capable of changing mid-stream like that! kudos!
GWTW...hummmm....I'll be interested to see how they liked it.
I wish my older 2 children would show even faked interest in the Little House books. I even got the first one on CD so we could listen to it. No good. We did make it thru the entire thing, but it was a painful experience. I also realized that the first book wasn't much of a story and mostly just exposition on how they lived from day-to-day. I remember being totally into it and read ALL of them in under 3 months when I was 9 yrs old. I wasn't so impressed with Big Woods this time around. Maybe it was my children's lack of interest...sigh...
Posted by: Diane at August 31, 2005 11:44 PM
Oh yeah! I wanted to second what Brian says about Gettysburg and highly recommend a FIELD TRIP...I know of a place y'all could stay for say...um...FREE that's w/in 30 to 45 mins drive from downtown Gettysburg (hint...hint...hint...)
Posted by: Diane at August 31, 2005 11:46 PM