Since I'm currently being screamed at by an angry toddler who wants absolutely nothing that I have to offer, I figured it was as good a time as any to update the homeschool blog - since we're between lessons until the tantrum subsides anyway. :)
Rachael took an early spring break this year, while we worked toward sorting out some attitude issues that were making school more difficult...if not downright impossible, some days. Now that things are going more smoothly on that front, it's back to business as usual.
We've finished the first ten lessons already in her new Bible study, Choosing Obedience. I was really hoping that it would focus on a real-life application, but instead it focuses on obedience to God...which is, of course, more important in the long run!
She's moving right along through her English/grammar book as well - the lessons are so short and simple that we quite often do two per day. Although I really love the layout of this curriculum (Learning Language Arts Through Literature), I think I'm going to have to consider something different before long. Maybe not next year...but this year she's been working on the second grade book, and it's not been much of a challenge. She's learning lots of new things, but the concepts aren't difficult for her. We may continue with the third grade book for next year, but it certainly won't take her all the way through her elementary school years.
She's still plugging along with math, too. We're working in the Math-U-See Beta book now (their equivalent of second grade.) She's doing quite well with it, but just plain doesn't like math. Thank goodness for so many online resources - we've been supplementing with quite a few "fun" printable worksheets, and that seems to make it more bearable for her.
With spring finally here - and hopefully warmer days than today to come soon - we'll be moving the "classroom" outside a lot more. We've all had a bit of the "blahs" lately, so maybe the change of scenery will help. :)
