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Weekly Journal - week 1

The Homeschool Mother's Journal

In my life this week...

It's been a crazy week.  It was warm - 70's - for the 1st time in a while and the kids enjoyed playing outside.  Also, we had several things on the schedule that were changed last minute and several things that came up last minute.  That always makes for a crazy week.  We also decided that warm weather is perfect for sprucing up the outside of the house.  We spent all afternoon planting new flowers.

In our homeschool this week...

School work this week has been fairly sporatic because of all the changes going on.  We did good on the morning work for the 1st part of the week and had several days of afternoon work, but no full days. 

Places we're going and people we're seeing...

We seemed to be every where this week.  Because of all the snow, we weren't able to make it to the grocery store, so we had a HUGE trip on Thursday.  It seems that everyone we know from worship was there.  We also were able to attend mid-week worship services this week for the 1st time in several weeks due to snow.  It's been nice to be outside again.

My favorite thing this week was...

Being able to do things outside and be comfortable

What's working/not working for us...

 We've changed our schedule so that History and Science are in the morning with Bible instead of math and writing.  This has worked so much better because we are all working together when everyone is awake instead of waiting on someone in the afternoon to either finish a nap or not need Mama, etc.  So, we've actually gotten more history and science done recently that was becoming the norm.  And, independent work is now in the afternoon when Mama is not always available.


Homeschool questions/thoughts I have...

We were working through Institute for Excellence in Writing course in a co-op setting.  Unfortunately, several of the families have decided it's not for them.  So, where do we go from here.  Fortunately, the owner of the DVD's has offered to let us borrow them.  Now, we need to get a schedule together with the other family who wants to continue and finish.  Then, where do we go from here........  Do I continue onto the next level, do a theme writing study until the next child is ready? 

A photo, video, link, or quote to share...

"My dear friend, be not careless of the good looks that nature had given you; take care in dressing yourself and attending to personal neatness, that you may ever appear at your best. Seek goodness and purity first, then strive to keep the body in harmony with the beauty of the heart."  ~Beautiful Girlhood
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