Excelsior Academy

Labels: general, holiday, life n times

Wow three days of doing school ~ yipee! It did feel good to get organized today and find my balance. I also enjoyed teaching the lessons and getting the results expected. Still tweaking the schedule and must find all our books but for now its good. I think Riley & Da Boy enjoyed their lessons too.

Tomorrow they will work on their assignments based on today's lessons. I'm working out how often I'll be able to do lessons so we covered 3 today and I assigned reinforcement work. Their reading is challenging and I hope they enjoy it. I've added recitation to their schedule and plan to do art/music/history on friday most via the musuem. Yeah looking forward to a field trip this week. Gotta go now, more later.

Til next time ~ in the life & times of the Excelsior Warriors!!

Labels: life n times, plans, update

This an interesting topic and one I've been studying for sometime. I find that I've fallen into the assigning side of homeschooling and it isn't what I want or helpful to our goals. It isn't CM either. I received my Winter issue of the OCHEC Informer and this is the title of one of the articles. It was a confirmation and eye-opener to what I've been sensing in my heart. I'm not done reading and ponding but I'm ready to make the change back to teaching ~ it is more fulfilling and rewarding. I'll share more when I'm done.

*So I've now finished the article but it didn't reveal anything on the subject directly. I did enjoy the last part which the definition of teaches & understanding from the Strong's Concordance. Outside of that the article made no sense to me. Hmm...I'm not sure what the main point is but I'll read it again tomorrow and see if I can decifer it and if not will prolly email the writer for clarity or write my own article. More on this topic later.

Labels: cm, habits, homeschooling, life n times

We managed to get some subjects in today ~ woohoo! The plan was to do the bare minimal and we succeeded. We completed the following:
English
~ reading & writing
History
~ Old Testament (Ps/Prov)
Bible
~ same as history & copywork
Math
~ 2 lessons

The plan is to consistently accomplish something then gradually add in the rest. This past Mon we went to the OK History Center, I'd been trying to go for 2yrs since they re-opened. We had a great time and the weather was wonderful. We have even planned our next field trip and return visit ;).

Well, off to enjoy my quiet evening of reading.

til next time ~ in the life & times of the Excelsior Warriors!

Labels: homeschooling, life n times, plans