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It’s official. We’ve started our math curriculum. We’re using Saxon Math K. I’ve been holding on to it for months waiting for the right time to start, so math up to this point has been very informal for us. I skimmed the first few lessons last week and decided that he could certainly handle the…
Homeschooling
Spell to Write and Read Word List A
We finished up word list A in Spell to Write and Read today! As a final “test” for this list, I decided to do something different from the usual dictation or handwriting we’ve been doing. I pulled out the Scrabble letter tiles and spread them out on a tray. Then, one by one, I said…
2:1 Conference
If you’re homeschooling and a blogger, this looks like a neat conference, the 2:1 Conference. It’s in Leesburg, VA on April 8-10, 2011. Many things will likely keep me from attending, but this would be a great trip to also explore Washington, DC too.
More on our chores
You may have noticed that putting laundry away and getting dressed are on our chore chart. We decided it was time to show Jonathan how to fold and put away his own laundry as well as pick out his own clothes and put them on. Josh sat down with Jonathan on Saturday and showed him…
Behavior / Chore Chart
Josh and I have been trying to come up with a better plan for tracking Jonathan’s chores and encouraging him to obey, have a good attitude, etc. I read this post last week about how one mom created a chore chart and thought that this might work well for Jonathan. I bought the chore chart…