Don't you just love those first day of school photos everyone posts on Facebook? I sure do!! I love seeing those smiling faces as kids wait for their bus or have their picture taken with their new teacher or whatever. Kids in their brand new school clothes with their new backpacks grinning from ear to ear as they excitedly wait to embark on a new year of school proud to be one more grade ahead. I even have homeschool friends who have their kids also take first day of school pics and it is so fun to see. I decided to take a first day of school picture of my kids today as it is our first day of school. My oldest, Sierra, who starts HIGH SCHOOL today refused (we homeschool, our uniforms are pajamas, and bed head...I understand her reluctance) and my son did this above picture (yes, it was staged).
The first day of school at the Kozlowski Christian School of Excellence was a good one. Daniel, who started 3rd grade today, is having a light week as we do not yet have all his curriculum (I will get the rest on Wednesday so next week will be a full week). He got frustrated with handwriting which we are practicing our printing a bit before diving into cursive. He is a perfectionist and a lefty, so it is harder for him to follow my directions on how to do certain things when he is a lefty while I am a righty. I told him he knows how to write the letters, he just needs to let himself not be perfect (he is comparing his letters to the computer generated samples on his practice sheet). He had to work on letting that go.
The first day of school at the Kozlowski Christian School of Excellence was a good one. Daniel, who started 3rd grade today, is having a light week as we do not yet have all his curriculum (I will get the rest on Wednesday so next week will be a full week). He got frustrated with handwriting which we are practicing our printing a bit before diving into cursive. He is a perfectionist and a lefty, so it is harder for him to follow my directions on how to do certain things when he is a lefty while I am a righty. I told him he knows how to write the letters, he just needs to let himself not be perfect (he is comparing his letters to the computer generated samples on his practice sheet). He had to work on letting that go.
School comes very easy for Daniel. He has a pretty good grasp of his multiplication facts, but summer was long and so this week we are just practicing those facts with fun games. Today, we did this leprechaun multiplication game I found on the internet. He was very skeptical about playing math games...he's a facts kind of guy...he loves doing math and so games are not necessary. In the end, though, he found this game quite fun as he tried collecting as many coins as possible. As I figured, he got just about every math fact right.
Sierra started high school today. I told her multiple times throughout these last couple days that this year, school would be tough. She never really gave it much thought...until today when she realized just how tough it would be. Unlike Daniel, she is hitting the ground running and there is no room for putting off tasks for tomorrow. We are locking down on her school as she prepares for the possibility of college. Already she has been faced with challenges that makes her "brain want to explode" and we are already making changes as necessary. All in all it has been a good day for her except when....
Sierra started high school today. I told her multiple times throughout these last couple days that this year, school would be tough. She never really gave it much thought...until today when she realized just how tough it would be. Unlike Daniel, she is hitting the ground running and there is no room for putting off tasks for tomorrow. We are locking down on her school as she prepares for the possibility of college. Already she has been faced with challenges that makes her "brain want to explode" and we are already making changes as necessary. All in all it has been a good day for her except when....
...a certain cat tries to impede the learning process. Here she is lying on Sierra's desk while Sierra tries to do her history. We call her our school mascot...she loves when school is in session because we are all in one place together...her domain...the school room...her favorite room in the house.
This year promises to be a banner year for both kids. We already have plans for lots of outings outside the home...field trips and social gatherings. We have positive attitudes. We are confident in the curriculum choices as well as our game plan for the year.
Here's to the 2013-2014 school year. Here's to having lots of good things to report on here...and maybe some bad reports to share as well. Stay tuned!
This year promises to be a banner year for both kids. We already have plans for lots of outings outside the home...field trips and social gatherings. We have positive attitudes. We are confident in the curriculum choices as well as our game plan for the year.
Here's to the 2013-2014 school year. Here's to having lots of good things to report on here...and maybe some bad reports to share as well. Stay tuned!
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