4 different styles

I have four children homeschooling. Each get to do some writing each morning.

Catherine sits and gets to it but often looks around to see what is happening. She gets her pages done but it does take a certain time.

William whines and complains about it. He keeps repeating how much he hates writing and how useless it is. He gets it done anyway.

Zachary rushes through his pages, often having to erase everything and start over. For him, the faster, the better. Unfortunately, Mommy does not see it that way.

Alexandra sits down to do her page with great joy. She can spend an hour just on one page. Every letter is perfectly written. She will not let me look at her page until she feels it is how she wants it to look. Patrick and I amazed at how well her writing is. Perfectly drawned letter on the entire line. Perfect space in between each too.

Four kids homeschooled by the same mother yet all four have a different style. And get different results, obviously.

Three ways

We started learning sign language again last week. Whenever a sign comes up, there i also an English word on the screen to show it. I then say the word in French, to help both Alexandra and Mathieu know what the sign is in French. It made me realise that not only are they learning sign language but they are practicing their English too.

Sign Language, English and French, all in one. I think listening to a Signing Time dvd to start off homeschooling every morning is a great idea. Not only are we starting with family time but the music and songs puts us all in a good mood.

The winner this week

The kids favorite subject this week was geography! Yay because I worked really hard on making a simple book more fun.

Since we are just starting the new year, I am slowly introducing subjects and more to the kids. Gepgraphy will be in two parts: using the book Galopping the Globe (along with everything I added to it) and using Sonlight's lessons also. The first one is meant more for fun, although they are learning so much. The second is more formal.

I hope to remember to post about each favorite subject every week. That would be really fun to read about at the end of the year.

You have to get this book!

I received both my Usborne orders today. As you can imagine, I was quite happy. Now that I have a few minutes, I am sitting down and looking at the most interesting one (for me, lol).



I love this book and I cannot wait to try all the recipes and go through all the links it provides. I know the kids and I are going to have a lot of fun preparing and eating all those delicious foods.

The best part is that it also provides lots of info on each country, besides recipes and beautiful pictures. And the links, amazing addition to their books. There are pages on just cheeses, breads, fruits, vegetables and more. This book will be such an addition for both our Galopping Around the Globe studies and on each country we will study more deeply later on. After all, what better way to learn how other people live in other countries than to try what they eat? Right?