This is the first week where homeschooling and "working" have overlapped. So far, so good. DH took care of DD all weekend so I had plenty of uninterrupted work time, which was very helpful. Also, the project came in on Friday, which was psychologically better for me. I was through the bulk of it by Sunday night, so I knew I had a pretty light week of it.
We are still plugging away with the letter E. Today I drew an elephant and asked her what animal this was, to which she replied "giraffe." I knew my drawing was bad, but I had no idea HOW bad. I quickly pointed out the trunk so that we could get back on track.
We went to the library this morning to avoid another painful DVD late charge the like of which we haven't seen since 2007. We actually stood in line, waiting for the library to open. I don't like to think what this says about me. Anyway, I found a pretty interesting book by Jane Moncure that we're going to use tomorrow. It's called Word Bird Makes Words with Hen. I can hear all of you stampeding to the library to get your very own copy. I flipped through it and it should work nicely for our purposes. She is now singing both the letter a and e short sounds, so we're definitely making progress. When she does learn to read, I'll probably send the word out to CNN.
I'm reading two interesting books now: Honey for the Heart and The Last Child in the Woods. HforH is a guide to books for children. The author is a proponent of family read aloud time, a la Pa Ingalls reading the Bible to Ma and the girls. Somehow I can't see DH reading a little Dickens to the family after supper. I may save that for 2009's pet project. However, I love it when I stumble across a like-minded author. She includes a great deal of fantasy and fairy tales in her suggestions. She recommended the Wrinkle in Time series, which I loved as a child and was dismayed to find on the banned books list.
Last Child is a more dour take on how children don't get outside and play enough and how the green spaces are being decimated by urban sprawl. So far, I'm still in the problem phase. I'm interested to read his solutions. He does have a point, though. The morning we spent at the state park was so relaxing and enjoyable (except for the scary goose) that I wanted to go back ASAP with the whole family. I wanted to check this book out because it seems to dovetail with Charlotte Mason and her belief that children need unfettered, unsupervised time out in the natural world. I wonder how much of my fear as a parent is legitimate and how much has been stoked up by the media. I'm still figuring out how much rope to give her.
We had another cactus incident today. We lost more dirt. I almost took a picture of the bathroom where she tried to wash the dirt from Hello Kitty and Brother Bear, but I figured I had a limited amount of time for the 10-second tidy, so I hopped to it. I'm sure you can imagine for yourselves.
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