Week 5

Week 5 went fabulous.  I'm glad I added Writing With Ease 3 in.  It doesn't take much time and I do think it is helpful. 

Charlotte is learning clocks in MM1B.  Savannah is learning multiplication in MM3A.  Both are progressing nicely in math.

This is my first year using Rod & Staff English.  I really like it; it is very thorough.   A lot of people say they do it orally and skip problems.  I have Savannah do every problem and she writes it all out.  I feel that it is right on her level and provides the perfect amount of work.  If anything, she might need more practice, so I bought the workbooks and tests that go with it.  They will arrive in the mail soon.

We are going to repeat lesson 5 in Prima Latina this week so that we can really solidify the vocabulary.  Savannah memorizes very easily, whereas Charlotte does not.  She needs LOTS of repitition.  I want to keep them together in latin because it is more enjoyable (and easier on me) to learn latin in a group, so we are going at Charlotte's pace.

Let's see... spelling is fine.  I don't know that I will do a spelling curriculum next year.  It just seems like busywork.  I don't want to quit on the workbooks we have started, so we will finish them.

Savannah is really liking MP's Greek Myths study.  Like I said, she memorizes very quickly.  I am amazed at the sheer amount of information she has memorized so far. 

Exercise went great!  I finished my first full official week of P90X; the previous week I only did 30 min. of each video as a transition.  I love exercising.  It has become an enjoyable habit.  I love the way I feel, I love that I'm getting stronger, I love the way I look!  My 5-baby-belly is shrinking :)  Mostly, I just really like how I feel; that is my main motivation for getting up in the morning.  I look forward to it.

Today is the first day of week 6 in homeschool, but I decided to take the day off since the girls slept in until 900am.  We just got back from spending the weekend in Atlanta.  It is so nice outside.  The kids spent the whole day playing outside.  Not homeschooling, however, throws my schedule off, so I accomplished nothing, wasted time, didn't clean, didn't do much of anything.  I look forward to our scheduled day tomorrow.