Yesterday I cleaned the house, I decluttered ready for our swap meet this morning (which was sucessful), I wrote up the kids' schedule for the week including everything I normally leave till the last minute like what are we going to do for dictation today, and I read through all the lessons in their books to have an idea what we are going to cover this week. I wrote a poem up on the whiteboard. I thought of everything. It feels so good.
Of course, its all I did all day, cleaning and organising, but I had fun. And it just feels so good to be organised. Why dont I do it more often? Why do I leave things till the last minute then stress? I am normally semi-organised. And thats ok. But an hour on the weekend saves a lot more than that during the week, I am sure.
Flylady is having a month of getting into the habit of doing 15 minutes of de-cluttering a day. Its really helping me. I love de-cluttering. Mostly I have decluttered the school room and the kids toys this month. Next is my office/computer room.
Sunday, March 13, 2005
Saturday, March 05, 2005
Into March we go...
I am generally really happy with how things are going. I wasn't happy with my dh telling the kids it is a long weekend this weekend and they have Monday off. I was waving my arms in the background and putting my finger to my lips, tying to get him to be QUIET! Oh well, now I guess I just have to accept it. I did so want to just carry on as usual.
The schedule is going well. Jared is still doing Maths for 45 mins, then writing, then Latin, Spelling, Grammar and reading. Its going really well. He really needs this time to consolidate his writing. He tries hard. He is doing a dictation almost every day, sometimes he will write a letter or do some creative writing instead. But the regularity of doing dictation every day is improving his writing a lot.
He also demanded to do Spelling, I think thats funny.
Genevieve is really beginning to work independently. I am thrilled. She can do her maths usually independently, then her Logic puzzle, her Vocab from Classical Roots, and Wordsmith Apprentice, and, at her insistence, her handwriting book, then her reading. Sometimes she does her Latin alone too, sometimes we do it together. Together we do R&S grammar (she does any worksheets alone), any outlining (she is still learning this and needs a fair bit of supervision), and I set her up ready to do her writing from Writing Strands, or a History report, which she does alone on the computer when everything else is done. I am really happy at her independence though, it frees me up to work with Jared.
This week I started our days with Science, and that worked well. Its too easy to drop off the end of the list, but I wouldnt drop anything else off . I am feeling ok about Science this week. We did about half an hour every morning, including looking through our telescope at the moon, and lots of reading and discussion. Genevieve did outlining from How the Universe Works.
It feels so good that everything is running smoothly.
Geneiveve is now in Water Scouts, which has been a great experience so far. Jared has been in Cubs for ages, but she changed from Brownies straight into Scouts this term. It's walking distance from where we live, and she goes out boating on Cats, yachts and canoes most weeks, but also on Saturday afternoons. They are thrilled with her. She had literally never been on a boat before this (poor deprived child) but they have asked her to go in their big yearly competition, they reckon she's a natural. She also pitches in and works hard. I am happy for her, it is really giving her something challenging and worthwhile to get her teeth into.
Poor Jared is jealous but he still loves his Cubs. He doest get to go to Scouts for another 18 months.
The schedule is going well. Jared is still doing Maths for 45 mins, then writing, then Latin, Spelling, Grammar and reading. Its going really well. He really needs this time to consolidate his writing. He tries hard. He is doing a dictation almost every day, sometimes he will write a letter or do some creative writing instead. But the regularity of doing dictation every day is improving his writing a lot.
He also demanded to do Spelling, I think thats funny.
Genevieve is really beginning to work independently. I am thrilled. She can do her maths usually independently, then her Logic puzzle, her Vocab from Classical Roots, and Wordsmith Apprentice, and, at her insistence, her handwriting book, then her reading. Sometimes she does her Latin alone too, sometimes we do it together. Together we do R&S grammar (she does any worksheets alone), any outlining (she is still learning this and needs a fair bit of supervision), and I set her up ready to do her writing from Writing Strands, or a History report, which she does alone on the computer when everything else is done. I am really happy at her independence though, it frees me up to work with Jared.
This week I started our days with Science, and that worked well. Its too easy to drop off the end of the list, but I wouldnt drop anything else off . I am feeling ok about Science this week. We did about half an hour every morning, including looking through our telescope at the moon, and lots of reading and discussion. Genevieve did outlining from How the Universe Works.
It feels so good that everything is running smoothly.
Geneiveve is now in Water Scouts, which has been a great experience so far. Jared has been in Cubs for ages, but she changed from Brownies straight into Scouts this term. It's walking distance from where we live, and she goes out boating on Cats, yachts and canoes most weeks, but also on Saturday afternoons. They are thrilled with her. She had literally never been on a boat before this (poor deprived child) but they have asked her to go in their big yearly competition, they reckon she's a natural. She also pitches in and works hard. I am happy for her, it is really giving her something challenging and worthwhile to get her teeth into.
Poor Jared is jealous but he still loves his Cubs. He doest get to go to Scouts for another 18 months.
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