A Fly On My Homeschool Wall

 Sunday So, technically, this should be part of last week's post, but we didn't get it from our bishop until after I'd posted.  It's our oldest two boys with the other deacons ready to pass the sacrament.  It's been a terribly exciting milestone in many ways, and I'm quite proud of my boys. And Nature Angel was able to finish her present to Brother--this gorgeous crocheted blanket! Monday The week started gently with only 2 daycare babies.  It was a real blessing to have a gentle day at the start because this is the week we started having all 8 babies full-time, and it is hard work!! After our walk, our morning activity was copywork--the first line of a poem from volume 5 of My Book of Delights .  The younger ones printed the line once, and older ones copied in cursive from 2-4 times depending on age and ability. Then we reviewed the Spanish alphabet.  My favorite moment was when Ladybug asked, "Why is there a tree on the A card?" When I explained that...

We're knee-deep in the "finishing" stage of school. Though we've been in it all along because we've worked intensely on one or two subjects at a time instead of doing a little bit of each one each day. Ladybug learned a lot from this phonics/spelling resource, and now she's reviewing her skills with Book 3 1/2. Ladybug's cursive is really quite lovely, and now she's working on another book by another publisher to keep her skills up. Beowulf and I only worked on the reading pages in this book because he's doing Memoria Press handwriting and Rod and Staff arithmetic.  This kid grew in his reading skills by leaps and bounds.  He's super excited to start reading regular storybooks next week. This curriculum is definitely geared toward a younger audience than these two, and I'll probably use the books next year with my Academy crew (adding the activities I skipped for these two), but the stories are engaging, and my middle s...