...since we have started our official school year. I think the children have enjoyed getting back into a routine. Since we are easing into the work it hasn't been too laborious for them.
In Leah's school she has learned about the creation days 2 and 3. She is very good at cutting out her numbers.
I like seeing what Daniel comes up with to do while Leah is working. And I like that he is hearing the Bible portion each day. We will go over it again when he starts Creation to the Greeks , the first year of our four year history study, in a few weeks.
While we do some of these activities we listen to classical music.
One day each child put this puzzle together while the other was working.
Leah is taking care as she colors her number 3.
It is helping to reinforce what God created on each day.
We have also been doing some simple oral math problems using the number each day.
Then she glues the number on her poster that is behind Daniel.
While we were in town yesterday we went to the library. I had my lists printed out from the library's website organized according to the call numbers. It makes my trip so much easier. The children enjoy the library and usually are not ready to leave when I am. So they find things to do while I am looking for the books. I used my new rolling cart. It was stuffed. Daniel and Leah ended up carrying a few books. I hope the cart holds up as it is much nicer than carrying all those books.
Once we are finished studying creation we will begin a study of each letter of the alphabet. The first letter will be Ss. When we study each letter and the sound it makes we will study something in science that begins with that letter. For Ss it will be the sun. So I found lots of fiction stories about the sun as well as a couple informative books. These will all go into the book basket. When Leah has book basket time she will look at these books and I will read some to her that she picks out.
When Daniel starts his first week of CtG he will be studying light in science. So I found some books with experiments in them. I didn't find many fiction story books. But many of Leah's will pertain to his study as well. He can look at them and do some experiments if he wants to. That is how book basket works. It is a voluntary thing. They don't have to read them but they do have to spend time looking through them. We have Genesis For Kids that we will be using this year as one of Daniel's science books. It is full of fun experiments that we will do.
While we were shopping in WalMart someone came up behind us in the frozen aisle and started to carry Daniel away. It was Brandon, my older son, who lives and works in town. He had just got off work and was looking for some new work boots. He had seen my car in the parking lot and decided to surprise us. It was good to see him and we enjoyed visiting with him for awhile.
It is always so nice to get home. Once we got everything put away we were able to relax, eat supper, and play with Ellyana, our puppy, before it was time for bed. She has so much energy. I love watching the children playing with her. It's nice as they all get rid of their energy. We have been enjoying some evening walks, too, before bedtime.
Life is good.
