Emery doesn’t get as much formal teaching time as Savannah, but he’s always hanging around, absorbing bits and pieces of whatever I’m telling her. We’ve been doing a lot of work on punctuation marks and sentence structure type stuff. One day in her Sight Words book she was learning the words “how”, “old”, and a […]
Category Archives: School
Classical Conversations
September 1, 2009 – 10:31 pm
Today was our 2nd day of Classical Conversations. We meet every Tuesday, from 9-12, for 24 weeks per school year. I LOVE IT! I first heard about the classical model of education less than 6 weeks ago. In that time I have read tons of books and articles on the subject and am completely thrilled […]
How to Draw a “Der”
August 31, 2009 – 5:39 pm
One of Savannah’s favorite things to do is draw. In school we’re learning about using the acronym “OiLs” to draw pictures. The “o” stands for circles and/or ovals that are hollow. The dot at the top of the “i” stands for circles and/or ovals that are shaded in, the line under the dot of the […]
School Days are Here Again
July 7, 2009 – 8:01 pm
The school of York is back in session for the 2009-10 school year as of yesterday. I’ve been a little stressed trying to decide how I wanted to lay out our school year for 1st grade. Last year I decided to wing it. Have I mentioned I’m not a “wingin’ it” sorta gal? It was […]
First Field Trip
January 27, 2009 – 10:06 pm
A few posts back I mentioned joining a local homeschool group. Last Friday we went on our first field trip with them to the Mayfield Dairy in Braselton. As a new homeschooler I suddenly felt the pressure to make sure my kids were up to par. Prior to the trip we went to the library […]
