We started school yesterday and things went pretty well. Avery is doing A beka math 2, Apologia science astronomy, A beka writing manuscript to cursive, Bible, A beka spelling 2, First Language lessons by Jessie Wise (grammar), Rosetta Stone Spanish, and we also ordered the Little Passports that my friend Tara wrote about in her blog at http://organizedsahm.wordpress.com. We have not gotten the little passports yet, but from what she said it is geography with a story line to make it interesting. The other thing that we are doing is reading at least one reader daily from either Step Into Reading or I Can Read books. I got the reading list from the Sonlight curriculum website and ordered most of the books on it. They also included read a loud books, so we are Robin Hood right now. Avery gets frustrated when he doesn't know something, so we are really working on that- that it is ok not to know something and that we are LEARNING. The other thing that we are really concentrating on is reading comprehension. He is a good reader, but then he doesn't so much remember everything that he ( or I)read. We have had a good 2 days though.
Matthew is doing a little bit, but not too much. I have some younger preschool workbooks, but he did the whole thing today, because it was just shapes and colors. I feel at 31/2 he is too young to learn how to read really, but he really likes numbers. I am not sure exactly what we will end up doing. I tried to do a really structured school with Avery at the same age, and it was so frustrating for him that I just held off until the next year. Matthew asks to do school though, so I need to get him some other more challenging things. Any suggestions? He does listen when we read out loud and when Avery reads. but there is an hour or so where Avery and I are doing math and science that he could be doing something. Of course, his attention span is like 5-10 min at a time. I would love suggestions on fun things for him, a curriculum or anything else other people do with the younger kids.
My appointment went fine at the GYN oncologist a couple of weeks ago. I am hopefully having a hysterectomy in December, when I have enough time saved up at work and my deductible will still be met. I really liked the doctor and felt very comfortable with him. So, no more surgery until then, and I am just about fully recovered from the last one.
I forgot to update everyone on the kids well visit also that they had a couple of weeks ago. Avery finally med it to 40 pounds at 6 1/2 years old! He is 44.5 inches tall, which makes him in the 10% for height and weight. He has been there since 2 years old. Matthew is 31 pounds and 37.1 inches tall, which puts him the the 25th% per weight and height. He had been here since about 1 yr old. The pediatrician seemed please with their health and overall development, of course. She loved my vitamin regimen, of course.
I am excited about school and the fact that I will not be working any overtime for the first time in about 2 years. Hope everyone else's school is going fine too!
