Our first week of school went very well.
Attitudes were good.
We finished all that I had planned, even though we pushed a couple of things back from Monday to Tuesday.
The kids were excited about what we were learning in science about the body; they rattled off everything to their Dad at dinner each night. We started our first experiment - to see what substance (Epsom salt, salt, baking soda or air) would best preserve apple slices.
They took well to the IEW curriculum which I'll write about more later when we finish the first lesson later this week.
I am finding history very interesting so far, but I don't care for the new format. Having to get all activities from the CD-ROM is not as convenient as having it in the book to refer to whenever I want. This year I am having the kids take notes in a spiral notebook. They are doing well with this. I hope it will help them remember what we are learning better as well as pave the way for note taking in high school and college. Their timeline figures have been super too!
So far so good. I'm thankful for this as I needed some calm, happy activity to occupy my time and mind. I love my kiddos and am thankful that we're home learning together.
Ellie drew a new mascot each day. I think you can guess who they are intended to represent!
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