http://youngling.blogdrive.com/ Youngling Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:20:02 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. Family Issues Parenting Christianity http://youngling.blogdrive.com/archive/10.html Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:12:17 GMT Youngling and I have been taking some time off, and only doing light lessons here and there. It's been enough to keep her interested and cutting down on any information lost throughout our break. I wanted to give her a little time to just relax and have fun for a bit, so we can make a more formal start to school, as the other kids begin their classes. It doesn't mean a great deal to me, but this is important to Youngling. In the meantime, I have been doing a bit of reading and planning for the coming "school year". The following are some of the books that have been recommended for... (more) http://youngling.blogdrive.com/comments?id=10 http://youngling.blogdrive.com/archive/9.html Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:02:58 GMT Today was a good day for learning, and for fun. During the afternoon, we made "Alphie the Alphabet Worm", or rather- I did. Interesting enough, Youngling wanted to do extra work today, so I let her practice writing the letter "D d". She is doing pretty well, but still gets a mite frustrated with the lowercase letter. I don't blame her for the confusion between "b" and "d". lol Youngling did very well with her workbook. She is still trying to fully grasp matching consonant sounds, but she is getting there. Slowly, she is understanding the connection, and is needing less guidance.... (more) http://youngling.blogdrive.com/comments?id=9 http://youngling.blogdrive.com/archive/8.html Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:12:49 GMT Youngling was hard at work this evening, making her way through her workbook. She did very well, and is beginning to get the hang of letter sounds, which is the only thing giving her difficulties. I have tried to have school with Youngling at different times of day, feeling out what is best for us. In the morning, she just is not very interested. There are just so many things to do in a day, and her mind is focused squarely on all the adventures that she and her dolls are going to have, what games she is going to play, and how many goofy drawings of me that she can make. There is a... (more) http://youngling.blogdrive.com/comments?id=8 http://youngling.blogdrive.com/archive/7.html Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:40:55 GMT I noticed something last night that is a little bothersome. Youngling has begun to "play dumb" so that I will give her extra help, and she asks me to basically do her work for her. Last night, I actually cut our lesson short because I felt that she wasn't enjoying it enough, and I was becoming a little frustrated. So, that seemed like a real good indication that it was time for us to put the school work away. Youngling and I are having a grand time reading through "Little Women". She is really enjoying the book. When we were at the bookstore last, we picked out "Anne of Green Gables"... (more) http://youngling.blogdrive.com/comments?id=7 http://youngling.blogdrive.com/archive/6.html Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:29:13 GMT Today, Youngling and I used the internet for her lessons. We really had a fun time today, searching out whatever it was that we wanted to learn about. Together, we learned a little bit about a whole bunch to topics. Youngling decided what she wanted to learn next, and we just kept pointing and clicking. First, we started out by researching animals, though Youngling thought that it would be best to learn about INSECTS, while there we read on the American House Spider, Daddy-long-legs, Fireflies, Rose Weevils, Black Flies, and the House Mosquito. From there, we moved on to learning... (more) http://youngling.blogdrive.com/comments?id=6 http://youngling.blogdrive.com/archive/5.html Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:14:47 GMT Youngling and I have been on a short hiatus, being that we have family staying with us, from out of state. She is so happy to have her grandma here that she spends tremendous amounts of time attached to her. lol Now, Youngling hasn't gotten away from her studies completely. We have still made a point to sit down for some "school time" here and there, but we are not observing her schedule right now. Spending time with family is more important at this time. Still, Youngling is having a good time, picking up lessons along the way. This past weekend, Youngling and I made good use of a... (more) http://youngling.blogdrive.com/comments?id=5 http://youngling.blogdrive.com/archive/4.html Mon, 27 Jun 2005 05:03:03 GMT Youngling had a longer school session this afternoon, clocking in at about 45 minutes. I had a small stack of papers for her to complete, some of which was just to keep her fresh. For example, she had three fun pages with letter tracing exercises (A-I). She knows how to write the letters, but I would hate for her to forget. lol Included in the packet, I also wrote out a spelling page for her, along with a page of simple addition. Adding something new, I drew up a shape matching page for her, which was interesting. lol Finally, her large lesson was learning how to spell her full first... (more) http://youngling.blogdrive.com/comments?id=4 http://youngling.blogdrive.com/archive/3.html Sun, 26 Jun 2005 01:15:43 GMT Today, Youngling had a writing assignment of two words. Her words for the day were "DOG" and "CAT", because she wanted to learn about something concerning animals today. Later this evening, we will be reading her new library book that is about butterflies. Handwriting: Youngling is doing very well with her handwriting. Her "D" still looks a little bit like an "O", but she is getting better each time she writes. Youngling's "G" is very good, especially since it is such a hard letter for her to write. Still, they are easily read. I think that I have struck gold, in changing... (more) http://youngling.blogdrive.com/comments?id=3 http://youngling.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:08:41 GMT Today is working out to be a spelling day. Youngling has been doing fairly well in remembering how to spell the words that I give her. She loves being able to write her words, and I can see that they are slowly replacing scribbles on her drawing papers. The other day, Youngling decided to draw on her father's hand, which is actually normal in our house. She saw a cartoon one time that showed the characters having a mark of friendship on their hands. So, now she asks me to draw a "friendship" on her hand, which is usually a star or a heart. In return, she draws something on mine and DH's... (more) http://youngling.blogdrive.com/comments?id=2 http://youngling.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:10:27 GMT I understand that everyone does homeschooling differently, and that is a beautiful thing. One thing that I do keep hearing over and over again is a great deal of negative speak from ladies who bemoan "bringing school home". For many, homeschooling should (read: must) be a night and day difference from what they experienced as children, or what their children have thusfar experienced. I have no problems with people unschooling, and homeschooling in whatever fashion works for them and their progeny. For our family, it looks as though we are going to have a more structured "school" than... (more) http://youngling.blogdrive.com/comments?id=1