Jokes

Now that AFM can read, she reads everything and is not too particular. We picked up some joke books at the library. She read the entire book.

As I was hammering in a nail she asked, "What nails do construction workers hate to hit?" "Their finger nails." I started rolling with laughter. Her timing was perfect.

What a joy she is to us!

Materials

This year we are using:
Spelling Workout
Headsprout
BJU Math
Considering God's Creation
Rod and Staff Bible Stories
Explode the Code
Handwriting w/out Tears
Pathway Readers
various French workbooks/tapes/videos
Vegetable gardening with kids
Cooking with kids
Five In A Row
Singapore Math
Nature Journals

Humming Symphonies

AFM loves classical music. She knows the songs and names of a few composers - this is very impressive to adults for a 5-1/2 year old to know such sophisticated information. She wants to be a ballet dancer when she grows up. She loves to hum and whistle the music in the house. This gets the cockatiels really squawking. It soon becomes pandemonium in the house with birds and children flying and dancing all around.

On day, AFM was sitting down with a pad of paper and pen and humming. The combination of her humming and the birds squawking really got to me, so I asked AFM if she would please stop humming. She said, "But I'm writing my first symphony." My mouth dropped. What was I supposed to say? My first words were, "Oh."

I made the same type of request, but this time it was in the car while I was concentrating on driving. Her response was, "But I'm writing my second symphony."

Homeschool Kick-Off!!

We started school last week, the day after Labor Day. AFM & ANM were so excited! I bought them two new school clothes outfits. AFM has not taken her's off all week, even though there is food smeared down the front and dust from Friday's hike. I'll have to sneak into her room tonight and throw it into the wash.

I bought Manager's of their Home, by Steve and Teri Maxwell. This is a very structured planning book. Since David is so young and throws my schedule off most of the time, I have used the MOTH book as a guideline. AFM and ANM know exactly what we are going to do next.

Adira discovered she loves Mind Benders by Bright Minds. The exercises develop reading comprehension, logic and problem solving. This made her father jump for joy because problem solving is his favorite thing to do in life. I tried to get her to stop doing the exercises, but she insisted that she really likes them, so on the second day of school she finished up to page #13 (one exercise per page).