A Few Changes

We are on Week 11 of our school year and it's time to fix a few things that just aren't working. I originally planned our days rather loosely, fitting in all of our core subjects early on and leaving the afternoons open for history, science, art, and play. I still intend to do this, but instead of switching the subjects around every day (i.e. math first on Monday, phonics first on Tuesday) I am going to try to stick with a repetitive schedule for the cores. Math first, then phonics, writing, and reading. We will continue to do history (social studies) twice a week and science twice a week. A huge difference is my decision to only do religion twice a week during the school week, with D attending Sunday School on a weekly basis. More on this to come.

This morning D attended his first art class at a gallery nearby. It is a one-hour class for homeschooled children ages 5-10, and with D's love for everything artsy and crafty, I know this class will be able to give him so much more than I can offer. After speaking with his teacher, I am going to try him in the younger class that meets later in the day. Today's class had four kids a bit older than D, probably between 7 and 9, and they all sat quietly at the table, intent on aborbing themselves in their artwork. Apparently D has a lot more "energy" (no, really?? Tell me more....) and he may feel more at home with kids closer to his own age. Either way, I'm thrilled that he is (slowly) becoming socially appropriate enough where I can now leave him (somewhat) comfortably to participate in a group setting like this. He's going to love it; he already does.