We will definately have to find our schedule groove. Today things were delayed because I had to wait for my Grandmother-in-law (she lives with us) and my husband's aunt (visiting) to clear out of the diningroom. I have never seen a grown woman take literally an hour to eat a single bowl of cereal
When we finally took the diningroom over I did the first page of boxes with the older kids. Then I did a few boxes with my little guy. He is on day two and he loved the dishsoap in the baggie. I ended up having to tape it down to a piece of construction paper so that it would not wrinkle when he used his finger on it. I also had to have him put some powder on his fingers because they were sweaty. The older kids had to try it out too. I had to put it up so it would not get over used before we needed it again.
We took a lunch break and I laid down to rest my back (I have an injury I am trying to heal from). After that the older kids finished up. My 11yo was a little overwhelmed that he had a bit of extra work but we made it through with few tears.
Then I wrangled my 6yo into finishing his boxes. We modified the Bible verse basket toss game a little and my son loved it. He had an interesting interpritation of the art project but it worked
We have a lot of work to do with attention and following directions but we will get there. I think we started at about 10:30 and finished at about 3:10. Not bad at all. That included an hour break in the middle. I am sure I can streamline this more when I am a little more confident and am used to what I am doing. The older children will be able to work on math and their Italics books by themselves most of the time so I can work with 6yo and shave some time off.
All I have to say is that this curriculum is wonderful. I have never been able to even come close to feeling like we had a successful day. The fact that we only had a few tears was a great testimony to how great it is. I even learned some new things about history that I did not know
I am already looking forward to tomorrow. YAY!