An Encouraging Day :)

I just wanted to post an ENCOURAGING day I had! Sometimes we are so busy getting help for our homeschooling problems on the forum that I thought it would be good to give praise :).

First – God has been dealing with me on being too legalistic with the kids (I am a recovering perfectionist!). So FIRST today, Mom apologized and asked for forgiveness!

Second – We made a list with lots of excitement of all the things we would like to do together as a family – play games, take more walks, go to the zoo, etc… That was lots of fun!

Third – America the Beautiful – not so ‘beautiful’ perhaps, but good and loud and they do know it!

Fourth – Lessons from Hebrews – this was our first SCM Bible study lesson and it was great! Thought provoking but not over their heads or too long for them. I could tell they really took something from the lesson for the day.

Fifth – A good solid block of LA, math and French for everyone. A very nice narration on Helen Keller, and a couple of A spelling tests/dictations.

After Lunch…

I looked up from reading and realized that one kid had built an awesome KNEX catupult (though his 7 yr old brother informed me that it was a trebouchet)…one guy was building a habitat for his new-found frog friend, two little boys were happily constructing paper airplanes and decorating them with tape, and my daughter was mixing up bread! If only I had turned on our classical CD then – it would have been a perfect homeschool for a moment!

Our afternoon was spent in a good history, science, and literature reading….and a picture study of Washington Crossing the Delaware. The oldest two can now complete the map of South America with no mistakes – and the others can ‘name’ them, but not quite spell them all.

They were also able to jointly inform their mother of how the crack in the Liberty bell came to be…

Who’s teaching who here anyway?

Anyway, hope this snapshot of our day helps those who are considering CM with what it looks like. We love educating (each other!) this way :).