Well, we just finished our first week of homeschooling.( M- 7 yrs old, O- 4 yrs old). The first day we created a schedule for a week, full of all different types of activities, as well as a weekly menu. Needless to say, the rest of the week had very little resemblance to what we planned for. The first day we spent too much time on math , trying to get back into the school mood, and the rest of the day on baking apple pies. M. actually learned how to break an egg and it made her very excited. O. tried to help as much as he could, running around in circles and constantly asking : " Do you want your life to be hard? If not, why can not I help you?". When allowed to help, he would try to mix together everything he could get a hold of, creating an unbelievable mess. We finished the day with a visit to a playground.
The next couple of days we did some spelling, (M. learned how to use an electronic dictionary), created a spreadsheet in the Open Office application for our weather forecast comparison project, borrowed a French activity book and CD from a library to dust off M.'s French, read some of the "Just so stories", registered and participated in Kids Book Club in the library, taught O. the names of the planets, domino and simple card games, read a fairy tale in Russian, worked on finding a main idea of the paragraph, and played a lot outside. And yes, we do yoga every morning to start off in the right mood.
Well, M. seems to like it a lot. I am somewhat confused by the lack of any structure, though - if we continue in this chaotic way, is it good for a child's brain?
Uff.
