Today was one of the best homeschool days we’ve had so far. It’s not that anything particular happened or that a great product was produced, but Rigel and I both enjoyed the process!
I let him sleep in until 9AM because he has a long day that starts with school and ends with rehearsal with Darik). When he woke up, he got dressed and then during breakfast we did the next week of SOTW. We are learning about India and the Indus Valley. We worked on 3 narrations, did the map work, and generally enjoyed our time together. He then did xtramath.
At 10AM we headed upstairs to do our regular school work. He chose to start with math and we finished up the last Singapore multiplication lesson. He also did the first ½ of review 3. Oh, the course of doing math he had to multiply 3 X 6. He said he was going to multiple 5 x 2, then take the extra 2 ones and add them to the 6 which made 18. He really understands math and how to manipulate numbers. I’m very pleased with his number sense and feel like it is really from his own connections that he is making.
After math we did our AAR lesson. We are on lesson 25 so ½ way through level 2. The lesson was on contractions, which he seemed to grasp pretty clearly. While reading the fluency sheets he started singing the words to Josh Groban’s “Falling Slowly” tune. It was hilarious and we both had a very good laugh out of it!
It was then time to go pick up River. He kindly brought her her honey bear on the playground (wrapped in his coat so it wouldn’t get cold….) and then after a bit of playing we heading to the dining hall to meet up with Kate. I love spontaneous meet ups and play dates at SPS and today was no exception. The kids played so well together and ended up coming to our house for 30 minutes before heading to homeschool gym. Both kids had a lot of fun there. I also got to talk to a homeschool parent who reminded me that education is not school. I need to remember that more often. Yesterday was a great day for educating my kids (theatre show, gardening, swimming, together time, impromptu physics talk) even though we did no offiicial curriculum-based “schooling”. I am home educating Rigel, sometimes that means book work and sometimes it doesn’t. I need to let that be OK and celebrate the opportunity to educate without books sometimes.
When we came home Rigel finished up spelling (ng) and writing (finishing up capital letters and spacing of letters) while River watched a movie about the human body. We are going to be diving into a human body unit over the next month so I’m glad she is interested in it. This is the 3rd time she’s watched it.
Then off to take Rigel to gym class. While he was there I got to talk with another homeschool mom. It was so encouraging to be able to talk about the excitement and challenges of homeschooling. Darik will pick up Rigel from gymnastics and then bring him to rehearsal. Before tonight Rigel has only been to 3 rehearsals and yet he has learned so much music, shared special time with daddy, and sparked so many questions about life, Cain and Abel, parents and children...it’s priceless. So tomorrow Rigel will sleep late, and that’s OK. It’s worth it. Today he’s being educated, tomorrow he will be too...and if we do a little less school due to late nights, so be it!
And now some photos....these are links to my facebook albums, but they show our last few weeks in photo form:
Mummy time (updated): https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151715933088437.1073741843.502723436&type=1&l=df495bfa96
Miscellaneous but fun....
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151807337413437.1073741849.502723436&type=1&l=1b5467f80a
The Moultons come visit
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151807292648437.1073741848.502723436&type=1&l=115b436cd3
Homecoming 2013
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151807271753437.1073741847.502723436&type=1&l=f31829ef35
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