Cottage Moment
A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from our week a la SouleMama.
Add comment September 30th, 2011
Archive for September, 2011
Start of “school”
What a great start to the new year. We seem to have a handle on our rhythm and Missy just fits right in.
I’ve started using a block format to our day. We get up, have circle time, brekkie, language arts and then snack / free time. Then we have a science block followed by lunch and free time. Math is first up in the afternoon, again free time and snack and last we do social studies. It’s really working nicely for us and the kids have been so excited to start each day.
This is Bug’s first year of doing any formal schooling. She was beside herself she was so excited. She’s so happy to do any work. I’m going to take advantage of it as long as it lasts. I wonder if we could do two math lessons a day?????
We are using Oak Meadow again this year as it really lends structure to our day but it is on the gentle, nature focussed side. We use The Rhythm of Childhood for a wonderful circle time and to help organize our daily rhythm. It includes verses, menus with recipes, crafts, and more.
We do not do the Waldorf math anymore, however as I just don’t get it. I’ve read so many books on it and received a lot of advice on the various waldorf boards, but I’m still not feeling it. So, after a DISASTEROUS foray into Jump Math, we are absolutely loving Right Start Math. They both run to the table for math lessons. Phew.
Bug’s week started with the Tale of Peter Rabbit and the letter A. We read that for Monday morning. The next day we woke up to this going on at the bird feeder.
He was such a lovely guy and spent much of the morning hanging out in the backyard while the kids watched from the window. We finally figured out that the birds were being so incredibly messy because they were spilling feed down to him!
He did finally hop away and we carried on with circle time. Everyone was involved and really enjoyed it!
Lessons went well. Fuss is very excited about grade 3 and very focussed. He’s quite excited to learn cursive this year.
Sometimes Missy gets in the way, but that’s what baskets are for!!!!
She’ll last about 15 minutes in here, and then it’s back in arms. That’s just long enough to help with a stuck lesson, or get a meal started!
Hopefully the rest of the year goes as smoothly as our first week did.
And….now that I’ve figured out how to blog with my mac (soooo much easier), hopefully I’ll be able to keep up a bit.
Enjoying the journey! Amanda
Add comment September 28th, 2011
