Still Plugging Away
I am still planning, and I have to agree with Christina that it's fun. I am eagerly awaiting my order of history and science books. Whenever I recieve a new box of schoolbooks I feel like it's Christmas. I get so excited! There is nothing like new school books and office/school supplies to get me excited!
I am truly frustrated with my two oldest boys penmanship. They write like first and second graders. We haven't even gotten into cursive really. I have wondered if something is wrong, but I just think that I have been way to easy on them. If they complained or cried about a writing assignment I have in the past excused them from it. I thought I was following the Moore's idea that they will get it later. But it hasn't improved and only the times when I have had them working diligently has it ever improved. So, I am admitting my mistakes to you, and I am trying to turn away from them and be a strong inforcer of diligence and hard work. The children coming up after the two oldest are doing much better on penmanship (and spelling and math etc) because I have begun to be more disciplined with them. Now I have to undo all the mistakes I made with the first two. Poor guys, they have to suffer for my weakness.
Well, today is our day off, we do 4 day school weeks and school year-round. The girls and I are going to my sister-in-laws house to go swimming. It will be fun I know, but I don't really want to go. You know sometimes I think I'm wacky because it sounds more fun to me to stay home and work on school planning! But I promised my girls, so I am forced to go and have fun! I guess I will just have to suffer through it. ;o)
I am truly frustrated with my two oldest boys penmanship. They write like first and second graders. We haven't even gotten into cursive really. I have wondered if something is wrong, but I just think that I have been way to easy on them. If they complained or cried about a writing assignment I have in the past excused them from it. I thought I was following the Moore's idea that they will get it later. But it hasn't improved and only the times when I have had them working diligently has it ever improved. So, I am admitting my mistakes to you, and I am trying to turn away from them and be a strong inforcer of diligence and hard work. The children coming up after the two oldest are doing much better on penmanship (and spelling and math etc) because I have begun to be more disciplined with them. Now I have to undo all the mistakes I made with the first two. Poor guys, they have to suffer for my weakness.
Well, today is our day off, we do 4 day school weeks and school year-round. The girls and I are going to my sister-in-laws house to go swimming. It will be fun I know, but I don't really want to go. You know sometimes I think I'm wacky because it sounds more fun to me to stay home and work on school planning! But I promised my girls, so I am forced to go and have fun! I guess I will just have to suffer through it. ;o)
posted by Dee at 7:06 AM
2 Comments:
I love Dr. Raymond C. Moore and my boys are not good writers either! Kaitlyn was writing nicely at age 4 (she is now 13 and has beautiful cursive mastery, as well). Jordan and Ian... they could not care less about all of that! Noah does a nice enough job, but writes all in CAPS and holds his pencil totally wrong. Hannah... (it must be a girl thing) is writing quite a bit already at age 4 (not as well as Kaitlyn was at her age, but of course I had more time to work with the first born child!)
Just remember... the non-measureable characteristics are the ones that really matter the most... honor, honesty, work-ethic, loving and knowing God a little better each day...
I love to teach the kids reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic seasoned with geography, science, history, art, etc. But I love it most when I see they are getting the qualities that will really take them closer to the eternal qualities of God and not just the temporal nature of humans!!!
So true! Sometimes it just gets so hard for them to get their lessons done when they can't write, it does seem to hinder them. And yes, the ones that matter to God are the important ones. I love to see them grow in those areas!
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