I'm Still Standing...

Today turned out to be a pretty good day. The younger kids were restless today and they were being very difficult. I switched my lesson "plan" around so that I could play with them a little more and I had Abby work by herself on some sentence "structuring". For her age...it looks like this: "I like bike. to ride my" she has to put it in the correct order... "I like to ride my bike." This gives her time to practice her handwriting, word order and punctuation. After that I had her finish some map coloring, that goes along with her history...which, by the way, she hates coloring maps....and work on her math worksheets. I was right there so when she needed help or an explanation...I could help. We had lunch and then the older girls played with their doll houses for a while...and I got the babies down for a nap. While they were sleeping, Abby and Ellie & I sat down and did history...which she LOVED today, Language & Memorization. She memorized The Caterpillar last week and is working on a short poem this week called Work. Which Ellie is memorizing as well. Now, I know that this sounds like alot...but let me make a few observations that I have been thinking about. Remember, we have only been homeschooling for one week, with a weekend in between.

• I am less stressed. I think that it is because I am not rushing around trying to get everyone fed, groomed and out the door by 7:55 a.m.....with a lunch, back pack and everything else that I am suppose to be sending back "signed".
• I noticed that Abby held my hand while we were out in public yesterday. Now, she's only seven...and your kiddos might do that with no problem...but she doesn't. She never wants to hold my hand when we are out. She grabbed my hand and held on to it.
  
• I am getting more comfortable with this slower pace....and I like it.
  

More to come-