2014 ~ New year

I have been sort of lost when it comes to our 

schooling right now. 

I have been planning, contemplating, and 

analyzing.

Then,

I thought about an old movie line

Tom is always spouting...

"If you don't know where to start,  go back to the beginning"

Here we are...

The Old testament

This is part of the third grade curriculum 

I feel strongly that there is value in these 

pages of stories for all of the kids, now.

I have been bringing it to everyone equally.


Our days pretty much play out as such...

8-10    breakfast, dress, and morning chores

10-12  bible study, paint or draw from the story and recall

12-1    lunch and play outside

1-4      writing practice through a poem everyday (Matthew)

            Wesley does his Teach Your Child How to read in 100 easy lessons

            Matthew will read alone during this time.  Currently he is reading  The Boxcar Children

            we do a group geography lesson and math practice during this time as well.

4-5       clean and prepare dinner

of course there is a lot of horsing around during this time too.

The days are also broken up by home school co-op, violin lessons,

and private hockey lesson with uncle chad.

I try and keep a pretty steady rhythm as I do find it very comforting 

for the kids and myself.

 

Painting creation

Taggert's painting

Wesley's painting "The Chair"

It has been very cold and snowy this year 

so we have been able to...

climb snow "Mt. Elbert"

Create Window art

and conduct science experiments.

of course we still play a lot of hockey!

Matthew's hockey team after finishing third in
their second tournament of the year.

I am slowly trying to find my home school niche
lately, I have been changing it all up. 

I love everything about Waldorf and Steiner is a genius.
Although I am feeling a little defeated.  I am unable to
properly bring this education to them purely.  It is difficult for me
to implement all of his ideas in my home setting.  I do feel that I have
a pretty good grasp on his fundamentals enough to try other ideals and
make them more "Waldorf".  I am very drawn to Charlotte Mason
Lately, I have been researching more from her and tweaking what we have
currently.  Hopefully I'm not messing with them too much.
and hopefully they can make it out of this unscathed :) (unlikely)

until next time...(with more ramblings)

~blessings