Boy Oh Boy!

[...] The boys and I ran errands this morning to prepare for them to start public school tomorrow.  They were both due for eye examines so we did that and N had to have an updated [...]

[...] done with no major complaints.  This was our third week of homeschooling since the boys tried public school for a week. Our first day or two back at homeschooling, after the public school trial, was [...]

[...] the second half of 1st grade, although 'officially' the boys will be starting 1st grade when public school starts here in August.  It is nice to have that extra cushion of being just a bit ahead of [...]

[...] about what he would miss, after telling us every single day that he did not want to go to public school and wanted to go back to homeschooling.  N never really said anything about what he would miss [...]

[...] appointment on Monday morning for a bad tooth that needs a new crown and N had his occupational therapy that day.  Between those two appointments, we really didn't have time to get [...]

[...] that we will all enjoy more (I hope).  N is doing much better with his writing too.  His occupational therapy is really paying off.  He is much more willing to write for himself now and very seldom [...]

[...] always had issues with writing and fine motor skills and that is why he has been in occupational therapy for the past 6 months or so.  We are hoping that maybe they will take that over [...]

[...] to the school about testing N for his fine motor skill issues and told them about the occupational therapy he has been receiving for the past 6 months or so (that he could not continue while in [...]

[...] any violin lessons or practice that month either.  I think N was suppose to start his piano lessons in June but I am going to see if we can move it to start in July.  Our neighborhood pool [...]

[...] might be 'the one' that we will love and can stick with for a few years. N is still taking his piano lessons and doing very well with it.  He decided he wanted to continue with swim lessons so he can [...]

[...] half P.E. class, a two hour art class, Nick's 1 hour Occupation Therapy appt., 1 hour of piano lessons, 30 minutes of swimming lessons, a 1 hour almost-free Karate class at our church and an [...]

[...] so I'm sure he will be practicing some. Last night made N more excited about taking piano lessons.  I was thinking he is suppose to start in early June but maybe it was July.  I can't [...]

[...] but just not quite there on a couple of their strokes.  After level 4, they can join the swim team. B went to violin lesson on Tuesday and N went to piano lesson on Wednesday.  Both boys [...]

[...] if we let them.  But they are both at level 5 now and very close to being able to try out for swim team, which we thought they might really enjoy.  So we wanted them to at least try it.  So we are [...]

[...] he wanted to switch back to swim so he can eventually be on a swim team.  B is also still taking violin lessons.  He has been taking lessons now for about a year and a [...]

[...] well and it seems they are also comprehending pretty well. They still have to do their music practice for today and, while one is practicing, the other will be reading aloud to me.  Then we will [...]

[...] .  In math we are studying how to tell time.  They are both doing very well with their music practice and I really like N's new piano teacher; exactly what he needed.  We are still [...]

[...] can be practicing the piano while I am doing math or writing with the other child.  Music practice is now getting done more regularly in our house than ever before and none of us are [...]

[...] want to dive deeper into that subject because it was very interesting, we will read library books on the topic(s) on Wednesday and will do additional narrations.  Otherwise, we move on [...]

[...] the Activity Guide provides a coloring page, the boys color while I read.  I keep a list of library books recommended from SOTW and also from Tapestry of Grace (TOG) and I order them ahead of time.  [...]

[...] are enjoying the same history program that we have always used, along with checking out library books about the topics we are covering.  We are still working to finish up Little Lord [...]

[...] the piano without me (and so am I!:).  It really has helped so much to streamline our school day and allow us to be able to fit piano practice in as another one of our subjects.  One [...]

[...] finished but still has a bit to go.  They also still practice their manuscript writing every school day.  I have noticed they are getting faster at it but also more sloppy so I need to start sitting [...]

[...] .  I let them try it out today and they were enjoying it so it might be a fun addition to our school day. I need to quit stressing if we don't get everything done every single day and just enjoy the [...]

[...] well overall and we started 2nd grade in January in most subjects.  We are still in 1st grade math because it has taken me a while to figure out which math curriculum I liked best and [...]

[...] , they will be starting 3rd grade for everything except math.  Before I moved them on to 2nd grade math, I used a different curriculum and re-covered some of the 1st grade topics (mostly place value [...]

[...] and all three of them are enjoying it.  Math is moving along and they have almost finished 2nd grade math and will be moving into 3rd grade math sometime in March.  They have just started learning [...]