Just popping in to say THANKS again SO much, Carrie!
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:28 pm
We started school yesterday.
My oldest is ten and has been using HOD since Bigger Hearts. She is now in fifth grade and doing CTC. So far, so good. She is very independent.
Next I have an 8 year old, third grade boy doing Bigger. He's been doing HOD since Little Hearts. This is also going fabulously. I don't know that he'll ever LOVE school, but he tolerates it well and gets his work done promptly since he is eager to be able to leave the house and help Daddy with farming things.
After that is my 6yo, first grade son. We're doing a modified Beyond with him, b/c I plan to do full Beyond with him and the next youngest next year. He's my early riser/eager beaver.
Then I have a 4yo, kindergartener doing Little Hearts. That's going well too!
The plans are laid out so wonderfully to make things easy for me. Thank you, Carrie!
I do have a 2yo and 1yo, but I'm not doing much focused with them right now. I hope to be able to group them together down the road.
I'm requiring the kids to be ready to go at 8 a.m., but my 6yo has been ready earlier, so that helps. He gets about an hour of my mostly undivided attention. At the same time, my oldest is helping the 4yo with some of Little Hearts. My 8yo does some of his workbook/independent type work for 20 minutes or so and then takes the littlest girls downstairs to play in the playroom.
After that, I spend about fifteen minutes doing phonics and some Little Hearts with my 4yo. Then it's the 8 year old's time to have me to himself. I alternate some between him and my oldest (and anyone else who needs me) til around noon/lunchtime.
Even with having an hour of speech therapy (for the 4yo) to interrupt things this morning, we were able to have all school except two subjects of the oldest's done before lunch. That's my usual goal...
I know that only two days in is still a little soon, but I feel so encouraged. I'd had quite a bit of anxiety leading up to this school year... just not being sure if I could get it all done... But I am feeling so encouraged and hopeful now, so I waned to share that.
My oldest is ten and has been using HOD since Bigger Hearts. She is now in fifth grade and doing CTC. So far, so good. She is very independent.
Next I have an 8 year old, third grade boy doing Bigger. He's been doing HOD since Little Hearts. This is also going fabulously. I don't know that he'll ever LOVE school, but he tolerates it well and gets his work done promptly since he is eager to be able to leave the house and help Daddy with farming things.
After that is my 6yo, first grade son. We're doing a modified Beyond with him, b/c I plan to do full Beyond with him and the next youngest next year. He's my early riser/eager beaver.
Then I have a 4yo, kindergartener doing Little Hearts. That's going well too!
The plans are laid out so wonderfully to make things easy for me. Thank you, Carrie!
I do have a 2yo and 1yo, but I'm not doing much focused with them right now. I hope to be able to group them together down the road.
I'm requiring the kids to be ready to go at 8 a.m., but my 6yo has been ready earlier, so that helps. He gets about an hour of my mostly undivided attention. At the same time, my oldest is helping the 4yo with some of Little Hearts. My 8yo does some of his workbook/independent type work for 20 minutes or so and then takes the littlest girls downstairs to play in the playroom.
After that, I spend about fifteen minutes doing phonics and some Little Hearts with my 4yo. Then it's the 8 year old's time to have me to himself. I alternate some between him and my oldest (and anyone else who needs me) til around noon/lunchtime.
Even with having an hour of speech therapy (for the 4yo) to interrupt things this morning, we were able to have all school except two subjects of the oldest's done before lunch. That's my usual goal...
I know that only two days in is still a little soon, but I feel so encouraged. I'd had quite a bit of anxiety leading up to this school year... just not being sure if I could get it all done... But I am feeling so encouraged and hopeful now, so I waned to share that.
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