Good Start

Well, we've had a good start to the year. Our school year started Monday.. and things are going good. This week and next week I am trying to figure out what levels everyone is on. I did start nate on a first grade math book and jo got a new handwriting book. Here is a a few things we have done this week:

We went to the store and got each child a small spiral notebook. These are called "memory books" Each Mondy we will write in our memory books the things each child is to remember.. The are to look at it at bedtime, before going to sleep and first thing in the morning. Here are the sections:
Math, Scripture Memory, Latin, Spelling, English(cat), Reading (jo and nate)
so far the kids are Loving the memory book idea and it seems to be helping them!

Yesterday, While I was lifting weights in the gym.. oops I mean garage.. the kids made a life size game board on the drive way.. after I finished my workout.. they rolled dice and used theirsleves as pawns.. they had to answer a question from their memory book before they could move the number of spaces they rolled.

We also have an on going game of scrabble, the kids played a game of clue (jo LOVES this game), and today we read our history on the trampoline.

So far it is off to a great start.. I am ready for my painting job to be finished. I will have that done on Sunday.. so I can really get into a routine!

I read a article a few days ago about schooling our children: (lets hear what you think of this paragraph)
except: "on Schools" by John Woolman 1758

"Children at an age fit for schools, are at a time of life which requires patient attention of pious people; and if we commit them to the tuition of those, whose minds we believe are not rightly prepared to "train them up in the nurture and admonitions of the Lord, " we are in danger of not acting the part of faithful parents toward them. Our heavenly Father doth not require us to do evil that good may come of it; and it is needful that we deeply examine ourselves, lest we get entangled in the wisdom of this world, and through wrong apprehensions, take such methods of our children. It is a lovely sight to behold innocent children,; and when they are sent to schools where their tender minds are in imminent danger of being led astray by tutuors, who do not live a self-denying life, or by the converstion of such children as do not live in innocence, it is a case much to be lamented. "

UHM..