New Space

We greatly enjoyed our new school space in the reorganized home this morning!  The windows open and the mirror by the table made the room feel quite large and we worked well at our tasks all morning long...

Natalee got her new reading book today, as she finished her first one last week. There is much excitement as we are in the "learn to read" stage of the program.  Today she reviewed her letter formations, worked on singing through the phonics song fluently, and then we all played "Pick a Sound from the Merry-Go-Round."  Little brother is enjoying being included when he can be, and I expect as a result reading will come quite naturally to him in his own due time.

 

Math was still done on the carpet today as Mondays are "new lesson" day so Natalee and I watch the DVD that goes with the curriculum.  This week she's learning different ways to make 10...it's just to watch her "get it"...she began using the block manipulatives and after the first side of one practice page it all started to click into place...

Xavier enjoyed his turn in the new work space today, too, and was even eager to take a break from his Legos to have his turn.  As a bonus, when he opened his art box he found a very important missing Lego piece that he needed to complete his Lego motorcycle! (A wheel...he'd used his scissors from his art box to cut open a package of new Legos last night and the wheel must have fallen in...we couldn't find it and gave up after scouring the carpet & under the couch!)

Lastly, I introduced a new character traits curriculum this morning.  It contains 48 scripturally based character traits to learn, complete with a Bible verse for each one.  Since we finished our Bible curriculum for the school year I thought this would be a fun, laid back, but still very important and relevant way to keep Bible education throughout our summer.

This morning's song was quite catchy and the Bible verse made Natalee stop and think...

She, like her mother, has a quick temper that sometimes moves before it should.  We will memorize our verse together this week, and help each other maintain self control.

Overall, we've felt quite productive today, even with tornado watches, hail, and strangely eery weather!  Happy Monday, friends!