This morning we made time to practice music flash cards. Rose wanted to be sure we took pictures of that moment and put it on the blog because her piano teacher informed her yesterday that she's been reading my blog regularly! Let's hope more practice works out and the piano teacher is also impressed by Rose's quick knowledge...
Today I wrote down a schedule for our homeschooling. As you can see, we're using short lessons for about two hours in the morning. It's a lot to get through fast, and makes me wish we had the afternoon to do some things more leisurely, but I think this will work out well for Rose.
Here's the schedule (which of course is subject to change for any of various reasons):
8-9 a.m. Wake up, dress and brush teeth, make beds, eat breakfast
9-9:20 a.m. Reading
9:20-9:40 a.m. Math
9:40-10:00 a.m. Spelling and grammar
10:00-10:20 a.m. Piano practice, music flash cards, composer study
10:20-10:40 a.m. History and Geography or Science (depending on the day)
10:40-11 a.m. Art or handwork (mainly fun stuff to give mom time to make lunch)
11 a.m. Lunch, clean up, get ready for afternoon at school
11:45 a.m. Leave for school
Rose really likes to keep moving and this accomplishes that. A lot of the subjects we're just doing are continuing what she's been doing at school, such as math and spelling, to finish out the year. Reading is mainly for fun and practice, and I ask her to "narrate", or retell, what we read the day before. This is a good way to remember and comprehend the good books we're reading.
When Eli feels better, we're going to make a volcano as a science experiment. I found an easy recipe for making one here. Even I'm excited about trying this, which is just a really simple thing but I've never seen it before.
So far Eli is still coughing away, though his fever is gone. Now I seem to have a sore throat and cough again, but hopefully I won't get it really bad. I just had this a couple weeks ago, and really bad! I'm taking my vitamins and elderberry.
If we get things done more quickly than the what the time calls for, we have plenty of time for play moments (on Rose's part), laundry and cleaning moments (on my part), and even potty breaks, unlike in school. Above is Dolly lounging in the sun on the dining room table...
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