Our first week...
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:25 pm
We have just completed our first week with "Beyond". I am using it with my 3rd grade son and with my 1st grade son and daughter. I am in love and so are my kids. Several of them hate school or just a lot of the subjects but everyone is enjoying this. Several times this week they have begged for more.
The younger ones love the math and I do too. The bunnies in the garden (carrot and cabbage patch) was so much fun. They have also asked each day to do the number flashcard with me clapping out different numbers.
I love the simple, easy hands-on activities. On the first day the kids were taught the 7 continents and actually learned them. I let them place them out for day 2 when we learned the oceans and they got them all right.
I am so suprised that we can actually get all our school in the amount of time that the curriculum states. With schooling 3 children (+we have a baby) there can be a lot of variation, disruption, or add-ons and your day can get long. But Carrie has done such a great job organinzing the that we are able to get it all done. (And be happy and tear free.)
Happymomm to 4 blessings
We are all excited to do school this year.
The younger ones love the math and I do too. The bunnies in the garden (carrot and cabbage patch) was so much fun. They have also asked each day to do the number flashcard with me clapping out different numbers.
I love the simple, easy hands-on activities. On the first day the kids were taught the 7 continents and actually learned them. I let them place them out for day 2 when we learned the oceans and they got them all right.
I am so suprised that we can actually get all our school in the amount of time that the curriculum states. With schooling 3 children (+we have a baby) there can be a lot of variation, disruption, or add-ons and your day can get long. But Carrie has done such a great job organinzing the that we are able to get it all done. (And be happy and tear free.)
Happymomm to 4 blessings
We are all excited to do school this year.