We've officially started getting back into the hang of school! Arianna starts Kindergarten this year and will be homeschooled, so we are busy with review! Ethan is joining in on the learning some also. He is learning to write his name, and we are go back over the letters of the alphabet and numbers 1-10 trying to strengthen his knowledge in these areas. Mostly this work is to help him learn to focus, and LISTEN. He usually answers what he thinks he hears and what he thinks he hears usually has nothing to do with what was said :-) Arianna is doing well with beginning reading and writting among other review and generally really enjoys it. At the end of our lessons we count up the stars they have recieved and they get to count out 1 raisin for each star and eat them. Amazingly this seems to be a great motivation!
We do memory work together in the mornings and both kids have memorized James 1:17 and Proverbs 3:1-3 so far. I am always impressed by their ability and excitement to memorize the bible. I really enjoy it also, I get to memorize along with them and get extra reading in while giving context and searching for new verses that would be good.
Ethan must find something quiet to do while Arianna is working, this can be a challenge for him sometimes. We found that if he gets his cars out, he enjoys this quiet time! This is Ethan having quiet time with all of his favorite cars from Aunt Corinne while Arianna finishes her school work. He LOVES cars right now. He will sit for hours and play with them in lots of different ways. He is so much fun to watch.
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I hope you have lots of fun with your homeschooling. It sounds like you have a great start! I have had such a blast homeschooling our kids the last 4 years, it is such a rewarding experience.
It is fun that you now have a blog. It is so neat to be able to keep in touch with christian friends all over the country.
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