Comments on: What We Really Did

By: Christie

Christie — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:26:53 +0000

LOL … I’m cracking up at the First Language Lessons! All I have to do is take the book off the shelf and my son recites (as quickly as he possibly can) “A noun is the name of a person, place, thing or idea.” And then he speeds through reciting “Caterpillar” and “Work.” Then I often just close the book and say we’re done with FLL for the day! LOL

By: Renae

Renae — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:03:58 +0000

Thanks for sharing this normal day. Our schedule is very loose, but I don’t think we would function without one. It is nice to know others are right there with me.

By: JacciM

JacciM — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:10:44 +0000

That was great :) It’s very encouraging to read posts like this. I did something similar for the first two weeks of our school year, and it was really amusing how far we were from the “goal”. But, you know, the first few weeks take a while to really get going. We had to warm up and everything, right?

Enjoyed reading your post :) Have a great day!

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:50:53 +0000

Kathleen, I try to do the same thing with writing down what we actually did - you’re right, it really does bring some things into focus.

jane, I really hope my son gets his Swedish elkhound! We already have that other incorrigible puppy, the Kelpie-Border-Heeler, who treats us all like cattle (he honestly can’t help himself), but as soon as the house is done and we’re on our own property, we’ll consider another dog.

Heather, wow, how old is Rachel? Sounds like you’ve got her trained well, helping in the kitchen and all! I really agree on the “school” issue - we all (kids and adults) truly learn and retain so much more when there is enjoyment and purpose in our educational pursuits.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:43:12 +0000

I tried to stick with a strict schedule a while back when my oldest was about 6–it worked for her because she is a rule monger but the rest of us, well it lasted a few days. I love how often school degrades into actual learning because it is fun instead of the tears and tantrums I used to deal with anytime I used the word “school”. As I write the kids are in the other room writing–Rachel is writing a story while she bakes potatoes for lunch, Esther is writing poetry and illustrating it. Issac is putting away his clothes, I hope. He can’t eat till he does and he is trying to convince me to let him go read using Hooked on Phonics instead of finishing–not happening. :)

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Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:04:51 +0000

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By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:08:06 +0000

I enjoyed reading this. I love the elk hound request. Will he get it, do you think?

My kids love Story of the World- i remember the Phoenecian chapter- we went online to look at pics of their ships. They were very eye catching- the ships, not the people- maybe the people were too, I don’t know… I hope you enjoyed your shake. It sounded very…healthy.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:27:36 +0000

This year I very carefully made up a schedule for our days. I thought we’d give it a try, but so far we haven’t used it even once.
I do however write down everything we do in a day so I can look back over the course of a week and see what we’ve neglected. Then we focus on that a bit more for the upcoming week. It seems to work for us as we generally get it all accomplished. Mostly.