Always Adapting

Having four children, running an entire household, and homeschooling isn’t for the faint of heart.

Day 1 of KONOS was nothing short of amazing.  Thing 1 continually said how he was loving the short, fun day.

The day was no shorter than the rest of the days.  It was simply more fun.

We all thoroughly enjoyed reading a book together (not new to us) and building scenes we remembered from the book on our new, awesome (home made by the Mister!) felt board.

 

Math didn’t change as we absolutely adore Math-u-See.  I’m fully confident with Math-u-See Ladybug will be eventually able to add on paper.  Maybe not be given an actual real life addition problem-but I believe she will be able to add using the worksheets.

And now, on with the adapting.

Miss Ladybug is special needs and understands absolutely zero parts of a story being read to her…so Bible Stories, reading centered curriculum and analysis questions are out for her.  (I will certainly not quit having her be around the reading.)

No biggie, Ladybug did so well with Time4Learning we will be going back to that for her.  Hopefully this week-but next week at the latest.  I look forward to the one on one time with her helping her grow.  I will also be updating my official review of Time4Learning so it shows we will actually be continuing it.

Jack Jack is my only child to fully live in the terrible two’s.  Yikes.  I’m ready for my easy baby to come back.  In order for that to happen, I believe I will be needing to incorporate even more Montessori and hands on activities to include him.  Also, if we enjoy our trial period of Five In A Row, we’ll get Before Five In A Row for him.  (yes, there have been mentions so my curriculum addictions in the past.)

Thing 1 and Thing 2 are attached at the hip, completely 2 of a kind…except it’s not fair to Thing 2 to have him to everything his older brother is doing.  I was totally blessed by a person I’ve never met with Five in A Row I am going to try that with the younger 3 and we’ll see how it works out. 

Using different curricula for different children doesn’t really intimidate me, I like challenges.  I’m also sure many people have done it before me and many people will do it after me.  My biggest concern is maintaining household organization.

I’m pretty organized with new “systems” all through the house to make life easier for everyone living here.  I’m sure we’ll adapt again as time moves on and we learn more about how our new normal will be.

We will all continue with strictly KONOS for the week and begin more individualized studies next week…or until we start Time4Learning as well as the library gathering the books I’ve requested for Five In A Row.