We bought a house Feb. 1, after seeing it for the first time on Jan. 14. Those two weeks included lots of "field trips" to businesses to take care of the paperwork. Phase 1 of moving happened on Feb. 9 with a moving truck, 2 pickups, a jeep, and a trailer, and a second trip with the moving truck (and about 10 wonderful friends). We have been making trips to "our old house" and "Grandpa's house" to sort, toss, and move things, as well as picking up Grandpa's mail. We have met a multitude of contractors for estimates for some repair and remodelling. Last week the boys got to watch "the builders" (as they call most construction workers, contractors, and laborers) remove and replace a door at Grandpa's house. Except for the electric hack saw being too loud, they enjoyed watching that project. When we finally get a contractor chosen for the renovations here, I think they will be interested in watching that transformation, also.
I talked with DS1 about me wanting to have some "school time" each day. He liked that idea and chose after breakfast, before play time. So I wrote out an untimed schedule for us. We haven't had any "school time" yet though, because something has preempted our mornings every day since we made the schedule below.
Wake up timeWe have it rough, don't we. :-)
Get dressed
Breakfast
School time
Play time
Lunch
Play time
Snack
Play time
Supper
Play time
Put on pajamas
Story time
Sleep
A few of the interesting things that have happened lately include:
- Zome
- Watching a St. Patrick's parade in person
- sidewalk chalk
- playing on the sand hill and dirt hill next door where they are building a house
- following geese (with a duck call) into a wheat field and getting 2" of mud caked on our shoes
- 30 minute free trial games on nick arcade
- putting together an entertainment center (using a screwdriver and a hammer)
- playing with complete strangers at a playground
- playing soccer in Grandpa's back yard
- climbing a chain-link fence without assistance
- shopping
- reading the first 4 books in Fun Tales without assistance, on the first try
I'm just laughing at all the playtime. When you write out a child's schedule it's amusing how their day goes. It's so awesome that homeschooling provides them all that time to play and learn through play, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteBy the way, found your blog through your thread on Sonlight about school time :)