It's been several months since I last posted. Things have been busy with four children! My husband is currently out of work. He has had two sugergies and more to come, which makes life around here very interesting!
Last time I wrote we were trying "unschooling". Well, that didnt' quite fit so well into our lives. My two older children have had the public school experience before coming home and so have I! I was not ready for unschooling and neither were they. I may or may not try it with the younger two, we'll see. We have made a big switch and are now part of the "My Father's World" family and loving it (well.. I am!). My children are liking it some days. It does honestly depend on the day! I think all in all, they will end up liking it.
We have tried some different math curriculums since we've started our homeschool journey too. First I used what ever I could find, then after a short few months of that I bought Math Mammouth from Curr-click. It was a great start. Both of my older children needed more work/review on some things from being in public school. We then, the following school year, moved on to Saxon math. I kept my oldest using it for the entire school year, but about half way (or more) through the typical school year (Sept-June) I discovered Math U See. I went with this for my next child. It's a better approach to math for her. Last school year I tried it for both of my children... not a good move! It was still working for my dd, but not ds. I should've just stayed with Saxon for him. Well over this past summer we tried Life of Fred. Although I do really still like it.. it was not the right fit for our family. The kids did/do enjoy the silly story, but they have not been trained in math that way and it would be too much back tracking for them at this point to really grasp Fred's math. So.. we are back to Saxon for my oldest ds and dd is back to Math U See. This is great though. Now they each have a math program that seems to "fit" them and their mathematical needs. As for the youngest two..I'm planning to start ds that just turned 4 on Singapore math..but I'm waiting until after Christmas. Since he and dd almost 2 are young and will be schooled at home from the beginning I can go a different route with them. I like Singapore, it looks like they will like it. We'll see. I still have time to change my crazy mind!
Life in our school room has moved again! I don't have pictures though. I had originally moved it around to make it look nice to "show" for selling. That never happened. After looking back at our old pictures, I miss our old room.. nice and organized and neat.. If I can arrange it in here.. I may change it back that way. I'm not ready for that big mess though, so for now, we're staying crammed and in order! I don't have the space in my home I'd like to have our school room like I like it. Actually if I can figure out a new home for our computer.. then I could make is a little less crowded in here. Small spaces!!!
Puppy??.. not anymore.. we had to give her away 7 months after we got her. I was crazy to think it would work with a newborn and a new puppy. It was horrible and I was not doing well with it. The puppy was a lab/boxer mix and she was CRAZY! My ds who is now 4, then a little over two, had the best time with her, but it caused problems for the rest of the family. He would let her out of her crate when it was not a good time and she'd chew and destroy something..or he'd open our front door and let her run....!!! Plus he also liked to be naked..alot! So he'd join her in the daily run...yes, naked! :)
We have a nice guinea pig who came to live with us around the same time as the pup.. but he's a cool pig.. very social and friendly.. and he does not destroy our home!
I like blogging and hope to find more time for it. I also hope to add some pictures of some of the fun stuff we've done..
Thanks for reading! Blessings to you!
