School Day 2, part 2

I realized that I didn't give much detail on our day in the last post. Pictures are awesome, but I need to get some words out.

School is going great and we are having so much fun! Our curriculum came with a classical music cd and I turn that on when we begin and just leave it as background music. I love it! Today Nathan painted as part of his school project for the day and then did 'free' painting. So much fun to watch him, one on one. The colors were white & blue and he had blast mixing the colors and creating shades.

Only being at the table for an hour is perfect. That hour includes him doing art after our 'work' is done.

When we sit at the table, we start by praying together. Right now it's very simple and short - thanking God for our day & asking Him to help us learn. (this includes both of us, since I have lots to learn each day.) Then we read our Bible passage. We say our Bible Verse & talk about what our story meant. From there we look at our numbers and letters. Then I have Nathan practice writing his name and the letter of the day. I am not pushing him and he gets no criticism right now. At this point, I want him to enjoy trying. He is making a lot of progress and putting in true effort. I am happy with that! Then we look at the calender, talk about the month, day and season. 


After that he does his art project. Currently, he is putting together a Creation Book that illustrates the days of creation. I love that this is done this way and to set that as our foundation.

Once he is done with his project, we sing our songs. Yesterday he wanted to dance to the music and today he wanted to simply sit and listen to them.

At this point, we are done but I have him choose an art to extend the table time. He loves paint, so he asked to paint some more. I set out a few pages of construction paper him to use. He found the excitement of blending colors. He only had blue and white since that's what we used for our project today, but he was thrilled to watch dark blue become light. He swirled the colors together and marveled at the effects on the paper. Then came the fun of seeing what it looked like on different color paper.

The beauty of it, is that he has done all this before. Many times, yet he finds new joy in these simple things. Such a reminder to myself.

Today there is a nice breeze, so we played outside before lunch. Having fun chasing the new dog around the yard, then playing in the water from the hose. Yesterday we did exercise inside. He did yoga with me then we did Just Dance Kids on the Wii. haha! So much fun.

After lunch I have been reading a story from some of the classic children's books. Yesterday we read a couple short stories from Aesop's Fables and today we read a chapter from the Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh. I love the sweet moments cuddled up on the couch reading. Reading to him from the start has been such a help, because he knows to sit quietly and listen to the story. Quite a feat for my active boy.

I am glad we are choosing to homeschool, even for now. These early years will slip away so fast. I am glad I get to be here with him and experience it together.