Humor in Homeschool

Working with Isabel on the "A" sounds this morning was an adventure. It went like this:

"Armadillo reads a, a, a (put the little dot over the a for the correct sound :)"
"A reads a, a, a."

This portion was successful, it turned hilarious at this point...

"Listen as I tell you a word. Can you hear the "A" sound?"

"The first word is...Are?"

"No."

"All"

"No."

"Line"

"Yes."

"Bug."

"Yes."

"Ark"

"No escutzo nada." (Spelling is her accent. Translation: I don't hear anything.)

Me completely cracking up..."Great now I get the wrong answers in Spanish too."

Back at it....

"Draw."

"I don't hear nothin'!!!"

OK, let's try picking the right word out of the sentence.

1. Noah's Ark is a good Bible story.
She picked out every work but Ark.

2. Do you like to draw?
She answered the question, "Yes!"

7. Do not touch a broken jar!
Her answer, "Why?"

After that we all lost it. And I think it's safe to say everyone enjoyed class today!!! And, yes, we actually did get a lot accomplished.

What Am I?

This video was at the end of class with Isabel. She loves school, and is a very pleasant student to teach. She is, however, sorta missing the concept of a riddle. I didn't realize why she kept answering the way she was until I realized my questions were in first person, so each answer was correct.

First Day of School 2009

As if I wasn't convinced before, I have now proven that evolution is impossible!

Today I started back as teacher of our children...six of them.
Brandon...11th grade.
Kaitlin...9th grade.
Bethany...5th grade.
Adeline...3rd grade.
Nehemiah...2nd grade.
Isabel...K/1st grade.

Because today is the first day and everyone had brand new paces each one had to read their goals to someone at the change of every period/class. Rather than attempt to listen to everyone at the same time I asked them to read to each other. That helped a lot.

So how did I prove evolution false? Well, for one I don't have 8 sets of arms...one set for each of my children. Today I note that I do not have 6 sets of ears to listen to each of my kids read, or 6 mouths to answer their questions all at the same time, or two sets of eyes to pay attention to what is happening in the room while I'm helping another.

As far as school goes, it was great! Everyone had a fantastic attitude and worked hard. This year I thought to do class periods to see if that would help me to keep track of what everyone was doing. Also for Brandon and Kaitlin to be more familiar with the period system for when they start college. Finally, to keep my mind from being jumbled by having to switch from Geometry to Spelling. We start school at 8:15 and end at Noon. Our day consists of seven 30 minute periods with a 10 minute break in the middle.

If they don't accomplish their goals for the subject, the rest becomes homework after lunch. If they do get through their work and there is still time in the period they keep working. It worked so well that most of the kids worked ahead in each subject. Maybe we'll finish school early. One can hope!!! At the least they will have some breathing room and hopefully not get behind when they hit the confusing stuff.