A Typical School Day

Usually our school day starts uneventfully enough...

like this day, when we were learning about planets and made a poster of the planets, did some coloring and cutting practice and did the whole "My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Noodles" mnemonic to remember the order of the planets.

THEN, things start to get silly.  You would say something like, "Hey, Mommy, here's something you can't stand", and start to shake your bottom at me, giggling the whole time. :)

And if I walk off for a few minutes and leave you to do your own work, this is what I come back to.

Yes, the numbers have become tooting creatures and more tooting animals have invaded our math worksheet.  :

Missing Cindy

It has been almost 4 months since Cindy left for Africa, and I hadn't realised that you were still missing her badly, until last Friday. Every night, when we say our prayers, we always pray for Cindy in Africa, but how can you not miss her, she is the next closest person to you after mommy and daddy.

Anyway, as usual, after Bible Class, you like to draw on the white board.

Well, this time, out of the blue, you drew an airplane,

a lady in red ( Cindy's favorite color ) ,

and a very sad looking little boy....

 

*MEGA HUGS*

My Little Bookworm

Happiness is getting comfy in a library nook with a good book

"First Day of School" - yes, in Quotation Marks.

This week marked a milestone for us.

I know we have been doing homeschool for AGES now,

but Monday was when children your age OFFICIALLY start Kindergarten.

The compulsory 1st Day of School Photo :)

So many thoughts, worries, aspirations and plans are running through my head, but I will set them aside for now and embrace the ever evolving sweet, kind, awesome little boy that you are.

Whenever we meet anyone and they ask what grade you are in, you would say, "I go to HomeSchool". Seriously, even I am not quite certain what grade level you should be in, we started this journey so long ago.  You can read at several grades higher than you are, and your math skills astound me sometimes as well.  But at the core of it, you are an amazing little boy with such curiosity and a thirst for learning and soaking everything up, even when we don't realise it.

I suppose now when someone asks you what grade you are in, you can say, "Homeschool Kindergarten".  :)

And our schoolroom? Ta Dah! I know... you gotta work with what you have... when we need a larger space for work, we fold up your bed and get the folding table out. Hooah!

Revisiting "The Old Schoolroom"

The RV is pretty much where we do schoolwork these days - free from distractions.

However, the air conditioner died at one point, and we had to bring school work back into your/my room in the house for a few days while the air con was being worked on.  There is NO WAY one can be in a stifling RV for any amount of time during the day, in the summer.

A bunch of the letters ( from several years ago, when we were first learning the alphabet ) had fallen off, but the sentiment is still there. :)

AND you are quickly outgrowing your little table of yore/yours, that we got at the Dittos for Kiddos sale one year.

Back in Good Ol' 2010

Fast Forward to 2014