Originally posted on July 28, 2009
Although we still haven't chosen an *official* first day of school for this year, we're slowly easing back into the swing of the school day - starting today! Just from this morning, I can already tell that Milly is going to be a challenge for us this year, as she wants a) to be included in everything we do and b) for Rachael to not be included in anything. Hmm. Coloring pages are only going to get us so far. Time to break out my copy of The Toddler's Busy Book and put together a few things for her.
As for Rachael, we're not starting with the usual subjects just yet. Truth is, we've been having some...well...behavioral issues of late. The attitude, the sassiness, the "convenient hearing" when asked to do something - it all adds up to two aggravated, frustrated parents. Luckily, I stumbled across a great little unit study on William J. Bennett's The Book of Virtues - so that's where we're starting today. The first two weeks of the study focus on self-discipline, which is perfect for us right now. We're working on the vocabulary words (disciple, philosophy, development, reason, passion and appetite) this morning, as well as handwriting. There's a good bit of writing involved in this study - writing out definitions, copying Bible verses and famous quotes, etc., so we really need to brush up on her lowercase letters. Right now, she's busy writing the alphabet on a lined white board, and is none too happy about it. She hates to write and says she wants to type everything the way that Daddy does...oops. Unfortunately for her, part of self-discipline is making yourself sit down and do what needs to be done, even if it's not really what you want to be doing.
(Homeschool mamas - the unit study is free and can be found at Shiver Academy. It's a huge PDF file, but it's worth the download!)
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