Homeschool fun!

I'm finally forcing myself to sit down and let you know how homeschooling is going this week. So far, pretty good. We've had a few bumps in the road but we're getting through them. It's just still so new to all of us. The boys learn together for Bible class, Science and History (we do Science and history every other day: science one day, history the next) and Sean listens in while Ryan does phonics. Then of course, grammer, reading and math are done separately, taking turns.

I'm adjusting, daily, what we are doing still though. I think today I finally got the right timing down for subjects. I had all the subjects spread out evenly through the day but I quickly found out that after lunch, the boys are pretty much useless on the learning front. Bible is always first, it's fun and makes for a good warm-up for the day... plus it reinforces its importance. ;) Then we do phonics, grammar, and then math and break for lunch around 12... it was originally 1130 but the boys wanted 12 so they can watch SpongeBob *rollseyes*. I only let them watch tv for lunch, to unwind a bit. After lunch, we do a quick poem that has some physical movements to it and then science (or history) since they are fun. We had our first experiment today - we're learning about Birds (from Apologia Science link here) and how they fly. Then Sean does his spelling/penmanship (I've combined the 2 - he writes his spelling words and works on cursive) and we do reading. Ryan has been pretty much done after Science because his work doesnt start until next week but normally we are finished sometime around 1:30 or 2 (depending how much resistance I get from the boys).

That's a quick look into our day, we've been very busy and it is an adventure! I'll keep you updated on how we're doing! I'm beat! so I'm off to bed. Good night all!

PS! did you know it's supposed to get close to 90 here tomorrow!!! UGH!!!!!!!!!!! I think we're going to be homeschooling surrounded by fans. (stop rolling your eyes at me!! I know it's hotter there!! ;) )