Hello Friends!
It's hard to believe that it has been a month since the last time I was here; but here we are!
This morning, I smiled to myself as I heard the public school bus pass by our house on the way to pick kids up for the first day of school.
One of the many reasons that I am thankful for the opportunity to homeschool is that I don't have to wake up any little people early in the morning and prep them for a day away from home.
We actually began school again several weeks ago. I hadn't originally planned to begin that early; but both the kids and I were ready. They were actually asking to go ahead and start.
This year (2019-2020), I am planning to continue teaching 6 weeks on and 1 -3 weeks off (the longer time for Christmas and the new year as well as Easter week). I call them sessions and we will have about 6 sessions (36) weeks of school. One of the many differences from last year is that every child will be doing some amount of school five days a week. Last year, only the older ones "did school" daily.
We really enjoy our week off (this is week 7 - our week of rest) as it gives us all a break; but not so much so that I have to re-teach previously learned lessons.
During that week off the kids get to focus more on creativity, reading, more free play time outside, and extra time on their tablets/tv. Ordinarily, they only play on their tablets/watch tv on the weekends.
On our week off I get to:
1. Read for pleasure!
2. Do house projects or focus on cleaning/organizing some area that has been neglected.
3. Re -decorate for the season.
4. Prepare for the next session.
5. Binge watch something on PBS, Netflix, or Prime.
Our fist session of school was mainly about review of what we already knew and getting into our new routine as "just the Beckles". We are enjoying one another and I am seeing some siblings connect in ways that probably would not be happening if our beloved cousins were here. As you think of them, please pray for them and their mom. I haven't heard from them lately. Life happens.
Thank you all for joining us today!
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| The white silkie on the top is "Pretty Ricky" our rooster. The white one in the middle is our "surprise" rooster whom we now call "Albert Einstein". He used to be "Sky" |
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| Early morning shot of Rayanna doing tricks on the swing. |
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| Rayanna dressed herself. She is a little bit proud of her choice. |
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| Snake ed at the library. This is a real albino corn snake. |
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| Sorting our recyclables |
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| Aaliyah relaxing on a pontoon ride down the river. |
Until next time,
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