Tuesday, August 19
After a friend talked some sanity in me, I realized my plan for this year was too strenuous. We’re going to cut way, way back on the catechism. I may learn it myself, for that matter, because I think it’s interesting and . . . well, different from my usual mental habit.
Yesterday’s mojo got sucked away by a trip to the DMV. So we started today — “I believe in one God.” We bounced a ball back and forth with each strong beat, and they both took to it pretty quickly. The bouncing works well, I think.
We still need more for my sake and theirs. If I don’t have a plan, then we’ll do nothing. And that’s BORING! So I’m resurrecting Letter of the Week — or I should say X-TREME Letter of the Week since we’re adding Sound of the Week with it. That’ll keep Gavin entertained as he identifies the letters and Isaac will just learn a little bit more.
My sane friend suggested doing a math game every day as well — nothing too rigorous. Today Isaac played with his counting basketball hoop — throwing the ball in until it reached 100 (completely his idea). He said, “Wow, Mommy! It’s a loooong way to 100.” So I think that counts for something.
So Thursday is our library day, and we’ll pick out books for the next week. Don’t know what yet exactly. The rest of this week will be alphabet stuff. Then A & ck beginning on Monday. Then we’ll add “the Father Almighty” to our bouncing ball practice.
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I’ve gotta get a plan. At least for myself. I don’t think Isaac or Gavin really care either way, but I need to feel like I have a grip.
It’s been so blasted HOT these last few days, so it’s hard to imagine what we could do. This week is Sugar’s birthday, and if we don’t have a party, Isaac’ll be disappointed. So we’re planning a 3rd birthday party for Sugar.
Then the Olympics begin. And I’m ready with all sorts of activities. That should be physical and different and take us right up to the political conventions.
Our goals this year are to incorporate more memorizing. We’re going to start with the Catechism for Younger Children and the Nicene Creed. I’ve got it all laid out week-by-week in Google Calendar.
I’d like to pick one good chapter book to read with Isaac. We started Farmer Boy. I think we might finish that one or another Little House book. I tried Ramona the Pest, but I was the only one laughing hilariously at everything. Peter Pan might work. Or Charlotte’s Web. Love that. I need to buy that one.
Everything else will spin out from there. I can make the crafts and activities adapt to those things. Isaac’s still into holidays and is obsessed with his pumpkins in the garden. I can see the Young Thinker blossoming in him. He wants to know where everything comes from, and I don’t know how well I’m doing with those questions. When he asked where babies came from a few months back, the conversation went like this:
He: Mommy, how do babies come?
Me: Well, first . . . first, you pray! HARD!! And then God takes a little piece of Daddy and a little piece of Mommy, and He smooches ‘em together. And poof! He makes a person!!
::long pause::
He: GOD? We want a girl baby, okay? . . . He said “Okay, Isaac!!”
He asked where pumpkins came from yesterday. I explained that it was basically the same thing. A bee walks around the inside of the flower to get nectar, and the boy piece from the stamen mixes with the girl piece from the pistil. And you get fruit!
Flowers and people. That’s about the extent of my knowledge. I’ll have to get a wiki for the rest.
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