Monday we started homeschool preschool for Katrina Suzanne.
She has been anxious to get going and we had to put things on hold a bit because of our trip to Venezuela
and if you know me at all you know that school starts on Mondays, so Monday it was!
Our first day was wonderful.
Samuel was able to participate in the Bible story and even colored a bit too.
Today, day 2, we did our school work during the afternoon because we had baby buddies this morning at church.
Both days have been incredible times of engaging with the kids (although today Samuel was napping).
It is such a nice pace and a great schedule.
It has been really good for me because it has become a time for me to be extra deliberate about engaging and interacting with them (instead of nodding my head while they are playing and I am making dinner, folding laundry or loading the dishwasher).
Katrina is very eager to learn and so far has been very obedient and respectful.
At breakfast on day one I asked her if she was finished eating and she said,
"Not yet, Mo... I mean Teacher."
She is very serious about school and things being as they should.
(I wonder where she gets that from...)
Also on day one we finished our school work and ran to Target to get a few things and on the way home we passed an elementary school and the children were playing outside at lunch recess.
She was appalled that they were outside when they were supposed to be in school and asked what on earth they were doing.
I told her they were at recess.
"Well, Mama, we didn't have recess at our school."
Guess what we had after lunch on day one?
As I type this post she is outside at recess flying her kite and hula hooping.
(what school lets you fly your kite at recess?)
Her favorite activity during school work time, to date, (ha! we have had two days of school) is letter formation with q-tips.
Today she made her name, Samuel's name and then her good friend/aunt's name!
Katrina, Papa and I are so proud of you.
You are such a big girl already.
We are so thankful that God has called us to homeschooling right now
because this time with you has already been such a joy!
She has been anxious to get going and we had to put things on hold a bit because of our trip to Venezuela
and if you know me at all you know that school starts on Mondays, so Monday it was!
Our first day was wonderful.
Samuel was able to participate in the Bible story and even colored a bit too.
Today, day 2, we did our school work during the afternoon because we had baby buddies this morning at church.
Both days have been incredible times of engaging with the kids (although today Samuel was napping).
It is such a nice pace and a great schedule.
It has been really good for me because it has become a time for me to be extra deliberate about engaging and interacting with them (instead of nodding my head while they are playing and I am making dinner, folding laundry or loading the dishwasher).
Katrina is very eager to learn and so far has been very obedient and respectful.
At breakfast on day one I asked her if she was finished eating and she said,
"Not yet, Mo... I mean Teacher."
She is very serious about school and things being as they should.
(I wonder where she gets that from...)
Also on day one we finished our school work and ran to Target to get a few things and on the way home we passed an elementary school and the children were playing outside at lunch recess.
She was appalled that they were outside when they were supposed to be in school and asked what on earth they were doing.
I told her they were at recess.
"Well, Mama, we didn't have recess at our school."
Guess what we had after lunch on day one?
As I type this post she is outside at recess flying her kite and hula hooping.
(what school lets you fly your kite at recess?)
Her favorite activity during school work time, to date, (ha! we have had two days of school) is letter formation with q-tips.
Today she made her name, Samuel's name and then her good friend/aunt's name!
Katrina, Papa and I are so proud of you.
You are such a big girl already.
We are so thankful that God has called us to homeschooling right now
because this time with you has already been such a joy!
how cute! I love it!! :) Amber just brought us a meal today and I can see why Katrina would want to make her name...Hailey loved her, too! :)
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