The Monday prior to my gum graph....hence the blogging hiatus...we had our last day of home school at Miss Kim's house. I'm planning on doing a couple days a week with Owen and Jack at the house just to keep things fresh in their minds. It's so crazy to think back to Kim and I talking about home schooling our kids together (at the time it felt like it was forever away) and now we've finished our second year! Time has a way of doing that doesn't it?
Last day of school...
First day of school!
Since the first day of school Owen has learned so much! He knows how to write every letter both upper and lower case. He can read many words....he doesn't know all the rules yet, but I'm sure he'll get that next year. He knows all the months of the year, can count to 100 by 1's, by 5's and by 10's. He can also count to twenty in Spanish. He also knows the different values of money when it comes to pennies, nickels and dimes.
Last day of school...
First day of school!
This cute kid can't look at the camera to save himself! Jack has also come a long way this year. He can write his full name....he practices and practices this one. He can cut and paste really well now. This was such a struggle for him last year. Jack is an excellent at coloring. He loves to pick all the different colors so the picture really does look true to life. He's usually the last one coloring because of this. He can count to around 39, but he does know the song counting by 5's and 10's to 100.
Last day of school...
First day of school!
Not only is it neat to see the change in the boys looks in this picture you can see how much Andrew grew since last October. Andrew also learned how to spell his name and count by 5's and 10's and in Spanish. Andrew is very precise when it comes to doing things...like lining up his coins. he likes them to be in a nice straight line!
Ella and Josiah didn't get their pictures taken yet since they aren't technically in school this year. Next year they will start their first year of preschool! Scary!!!
The best part of homeschooling for me has been speaking the Word of God into these kids lives. When we meet at Miss Kim's we read a Bible story from The Jesus Storybook Bible and then we sing a Bible verse that goes along with the story from our Seeds of Family Worship CD's. We talk with the kids a lot about the stories and how they match up with how we live today. We've also explained to them that they don't allow this in public schools today. I feel so strongly that I need to be the one teaching my children these Godly principles and pouring into their little impressionable minds the Word of God.
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