School.. Sour... and Sweet...

Monday we started... it turned sour at 7:30... "I don't want to!" My hope was for solo math time... ha...



Tuesday started with "math is good" and we headed into the day... this 2nd day soured too.... much later than the first... and with the same "I don't want to!"



Each of these days of resistance were met with great displays of attitude, many assigned chores in lieu of education, and a very involved Daddy... as well as a loss of all things sweet... as well as incremental consequences...



Today.... this is why I homeschool.... when one day in the mix goes right.... the day is truly sweet!!!

(7a Mama started with her devo! I'm jumping into Matthew... )

7:30 We started the day with a great math time solo (that solo is hard to find!)

8:00 Get dressed & ready, breakfast, teeth brushed, beds made...

9:00 Devo's start our schooling on the couch...

Lovebug heads into independent reading for 15 minute intervals...

Ladybug starts her daily reading SSRW lesson with mom.

Then follows handwriting for each... together reading all for us... outside & water the garden... another math lesson.... and in the midst a chore brought a quick attitude change...

12:00 It was lunch time and we were done... really!!! Hard to believe... done...



Now here's my favorite part... The girls headed to their rooms for the traditional quiet afternoon. My devo was done... and it was beautiful out.... so out we went...



The God provided a nature lesson :) After being dive bombed by a red wasp... we killed that sucker!!! and looked at him... and read of him too!!! Cool!! I wanted to draw him.. but that did not work out.



Then it was too hot... so we came inside and ALL of us did handicrafts!! We all knitted. The girls enjoyed spool knitting. We looked at our artist study... Then we got hungry...



We enjoyed a Tea Time at 4:00 filled with our Bach composer study. I want to track down our joke book we've enjoyed in days past.

Somewhere we also listened to our folk song.... I thought the "Drinking Gourd" would be a bar song... but it was a Civil War era song that told the slaves to look to the Big Dipper to find the Underground Railroad. Cool!!!! Our library even has a book on it!!!



Wow!! It all fit... and it was so not arranged by me!!! I so enjoyed it all!!!! I'm thrilled to be home with my girls. Thrilled to juggle these two!! I'm still challenged by so much... Spanish is at the top of that list... And I do love ending with Thanks be to God!!! For His indescribable gift!!! Salvation!!!!

By Grace!! ss