I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Apr 27th, 2012
Tommy wanted to draw and label a picture of Robot World for Daddy’s office door. So instead of asking me how to spell “robot” and “world,” he found a catalog and a book that had the words on the covers and copied the words from there.
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Mar 21st, 2012
I’ve waited a couple weeks to post this development because it is kindof unbelievable, but Tommy is reading by himself. In the past month, he’s gone from reading short vowel sound words to real books. We had only reached consonant blends in phonics, but his cool new birthday books motivated him to finish up on […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Games, Homeschooling, Tommy on Jan 25th, 2012
Argh, I accidentally published this in the morning without adding the last picture…so here is the full post, with some bonuses. Leann and Seth did it again! I’ve been wanting this French bingo set for awhile, and they sent it to the kids for Christmas! Unsurprisingly, Elizabeth always picks the clothing one and Tommy always […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Jan 10th, 2012
Tommy and I have both enjoyed getting back into the swing of things at home and recommencing preschool. His reading skills really took off over Christmas, and Derek keeps telling me to get going on phonics so that he’s learning the right rules and not just guessing all the time (though he usually guesses right). […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on Nov 25th, 2011
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 16th, 2011
This fall, Derek picked up Snap Circuits, Jr for our homeschool. The kids just love doing science with Daddy in the evenings!
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on Oct 28th, 2011
A while back, Bethany wrote a great little piece on the distinction between arts and crafts. It definitely challenged me to encourage the kids to do more free art rather than set crafts. I am not artistic, so I rely heavily on others’ ideas (which tend to be on the crafts side of the spectrum). […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Oct 6th, 2011
So the kids and I have been reading a couple of kid’s books about WWII. In a picture book, you can’t get too in-depth into the evils of the Nazi regime. You pretty much just focus on being brave. Well, one of the pictures had a flag with a swastika on it, and Tommy noted […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Sep 5th, 2011
We haven’t really stopped creating an atmosphere of learning this summer, but I thought we should do an official first day photo shoot again. We’re still doing preschool at home this year, my inclinations bolstered by reading almost all of School Can Wait. Things have changed a bit since we started doing official preschool type […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Aug 23rd, 2011
So we’re starting to memorize the gospel of Mark. We’ve been working on 1:6-7: Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am […]