Things have been going very well, nothing too exciting to report. The girls and I are coming to the end of our Africa Unit. I am excited and bummed at the same time. It will be missed. If you notice, half of anything interesting we do has had something to do with this unit! Whatever will I talk about when it's finished? After Africa, we are starting an Early American History study. I am looking forward to it!
I meant to post a week or so ago about the "feelings" that homeschooling has erupted in Chloe. She has decided that she hates math. She's good at it, she just doesn't like the large numbers that she has to subtract right now. Plus all the carrying she has to do. She also despises word problems. This has been something we have had to work through. Oh the tears that have been shed! She decided about a month ago that she didn't really want to be homeschooled anymore, and she wanted to go back to public school. Ugh! I of course tell her repeatedly over and over the advantages she has at home, and remind her of all the things that she disliked before. She would say that she knows all these things, but missed her classmates. After a couple weeks of this, she told me great news. (For me great news! I was stressed!) She told me that she had a dream and that she really feels that God was showing her the benefit's of homeschooling. She said, "You don't always get what you want" and some other 8 year old explanation that is rather difficult for me to piece together. ;) But it made sense to her, and she has done a 180 on her feelings about school! She is starting to see the things we get to do at home as a blessing, and fun. Thank you Lord! :)
Last week we went to the zoo on a "safari" because we were studying the Savannah and grasslands of South Africa and Madagascar. It was fun. This week we are studying the Zulu tribes, and this will be the end of our unit! The following week we will spend preparing an "Africa Night" to invite family too. The girls have to prepare reports about what they have studied and learned. At that time we will make a couple dishes that are eaten by the people we studied, and dress in our African clothes. They will also get a chance to display the projects they have worked hard on. It should be a lot of fun!
The girls were also supposed to start Karate today with our homeschool group. I ruined it by having a hair apt and not remembering that until this morning. But they will get to go on Thursday, and the class lasts 9 weeks! They are super excited, and I am happy to get them involved in something where they can meet and hang with other homeschool kids.
We also took the girls to their first, big concert! We went to a Christan concert in our area (Casting Crowns and Matt Redman!) and it was awesome. The girls knew most of the songs, so that made it a lot of fun for them. It was a great experience that will surely mean more to them in the future! I fully plan on investing in my girls this way. Plays and concerts... and I look forward to the experiences myself!
