We just completed our first week of school! The girls had a good time this week and so did I. It was nice to get back into a routine. The routine still needs some tweeking and a few things added to it but nice none the less.
Monkey flew through her week of phonics. She is reading so much better. I really think all the reading for fun over the summer did it. Now for Bible her and Lulu have been taking turns reading our selection for the day. Lulu reads from the Old Testament one day and Monkey reads from the New Testament the next. It is working out really well. Math also went well for both girls.
Lil has been wanting to do her school work each day too. She has done some of her activity bags, a sequencing page, painting, and handwriting. Last year when I would try to get her to do some pre-writing worksheets she would just scribble on them. She had no desire to follow the dotted lines. This time, though, she did really well at tracing the lines. She is very excited about her work. This week we are going to start on the letter A. I want her to be able to recognize the letters and their sounds. Lil is going to be making an ABC Notebook this year. She is 3 1/2 so all of this will be done as her desire stays with it. If she does not want to or looses interest we will put it away for another day.
JBQ will be starting soon for Lulu and Monkey. They are looking forward to it this year. We have just briefly begun to review the 10 point questions. Lulu will also be learning 20 point questions this year. We have to really get started on those. Their first match will not be until the first of October. So we only have about five weeks.
I hope everyone has a great start to their school year.
Monkey flew through her week of phonics. She is reading so much better. I really think all the reading for fun over the summer did it. Now for Bible her and Lulu have been taking turns reading our selection for the day. Lulu reads from the Old Testament one day and Monkey reads from the New Testament the next. It is working out really well. Math also went well for both girls.
Lil has been wanting to do her school work each day too. She has done some of her activity bags, a sequencing page, painting, and handwriting. Last year when I would try to get her to do some pre-writing worksheets she would just scribble on them. She had no desire to follow the dotted lines. This time, though, she did really well at tracing the lines. She is very excited about her work. This week we are going to start on the letter A. I want her to be able to recognize the letters and their sounds. Lil is going to be making an ABC Notebook this year. She is 3 1/2 so all of this will be done as her desire stays with it. If she does not want to or looses interest we will put it away for another day.
JBQ will be starting soon for Lulu and Monkey. They are looking forward to it this year. We have just briefly begun to review the 10 point questions. Lulu will also be learning 20 point questions this year. We have to really get started on those. Their first match will not be until the first of October. So we only have about five weeks.
I hope everyone has a great start to their school year.
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