See the stack of blankets and pillows in the background?? I really wish our school house was just a wee bit bigger for a nice story corner...it would look so much better. I am hoping to at least be able to get some bean bags or something for Christmas. I know there has to be a good solution for a good story corner...I just haven't thought of it yet :-)
See Seth in the background concentrating hard on his workbook?!? Thank you Aaron and Alyssa for being so good and letting him concentrate! :-)
Seth is doing really really well with his reading!!! It is really starting to click with him and I am so excited!! I came up with my own reading "game" to give more practice. I have been putting all the words from the workbook on flashcards. Well we started a "book fund" - for each word he read correctly he earned a penny towards his book fund! In a few weeks he is hoping to have enough money to go buy a Star Wars book :-)
After we do all of the scheduled school stuff (reading, math, bible, science, art, reading corner) all three kids can choose activities that they want to do independently, like puzzles or ipad games, play-doh, etc..., while I get everything prepped for the next day, or work on a blog post for our blog (like I'm doing right now), etc... We probably spend another hour after our "school" time in independent activities. The kids love being in the school room :-) and this allows me to get everything that needs to be done for school done while we are are still out there so once we get back in the house I can concentrate on house chores and other stuff.
Today Alyssa wanted to help me. So I plugged in computer cool school for her while I was on the laptop. I really think she thinks she was helping! I think her "writing" in the picture below was what she wanted to do tomorrow (I just wish I could read her writing LOL).
It really makes me feel good when the kids wake up excited about a day of school! I guess I must be doing something right! :-)
Until next time,
Kellie
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