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.