We have nightly homework that includes-
Monday- Letters
Tuesday- One or two sentences with picture
Wednesday- Numbers 1-20 or 1-100
Thursday- One or two sentences with picture
Every night read at least two books. AR reading- Hays two books a week. Hadlee and Harper read at least one or two pages of AR book.
I think we are getting into a routine of trying to get the homework done when we walk into the house. Of course it is snack time because they are starving when they get home. I've been making smoothies that with extra milk and spinach. (it's new for us to add the spinach) Hays is still struggling to get right to homework when we get home. He would rather look at his maps.
I've been volunteering in their classroom in the afternoons. I love it because we can leave school at 3:15. I also get to talk with Mrs. Weaver and get to know a little more about what's going on in class. This week she had me make copies....I was feeling a little challenged with the copy machine. I managed to make 23 copies of 27 pages with holes punched and stapled! I also got a job! I'm a substitute for the school district. I've done it three times and love it. Well semi love it- after the first time of teaching 1st graders at another school, my mind was thinking about homeschooling. For the first time I actually thought it would be to our advantage for me to teach them at home, then we had homework and the thoughts soon left me. Being a substitute works for us, I can get some extra money, still help out their school, not get bored and make my own schedule. So far they have called me everyday since I started last week.
The first couple weeks early mornings were easy as can be. The kids were eager to wake up and get dressed. Now I'm waking them up and bribing them with TV before breakfast. Yesterday they rode the bus for the first time, I didn't get any pictures maybe next time if there is one. They were so excited to ride the bus but as soon as I picked them up yesterday afternoon, all three said we don't want to ride the bus anymore.
Yesterday we received the September school newsletter in their backpack. Hays Middlebrook was on the back page. There have been 5 kinder kids read to the principal this school year. The girls want to read so bad but are just not there yet. We have to remind them every night that Hays has been reading for a long time.
The kids created "Flat Me's" in August. They got to send them to someone to have for a couple of weeks. All three wanted to send theirs to Ellie in Mexico because it was in another country. I convinced them that they could do another state but not another country. Harper sent hers to Hannah. Hannah took Harper to school, hang out with her at home, to the river to check on the cows, help her with her fire prevention poster and to see Papa Schroeter. Flat Harper sure had fun in Victoria.
The Berger family aka Mema and Papa got "Flat Hays". I tried to convince Hays to send himself to Brenham to hangout for the month. He wanted to go to Victoria and he picked a pretty good time to go. Hays went to church, out to eat a lot, to the river to feed the cows, MD Anderson in Houston to get the thumbs up with Mema, a trip to Austin to fly to San Diego, lots of sight-seeing in San Diego and safely back to Seguin on Tuesday night.
"Flat Hadlee" went to Albuquerque, New Mexico. She went to hang out with Cousin Marion and her dog Rosie. Marion sent a letter to school so I'm not sure of everything they did- the letter should get there today. Marion did send me some pictures from the month- it looks like Hadlee went to work with Marion at the clinic, picked New Mexico chiles and helped her decorate some cakes. Marion had a full month with early admissions to Med. school - we have our fingers crossed that "Flat Hadlee" helped her with her interview. Edited- Marion found out a couple hours after writing this post that she was accepted to University of New Mexico Med. School!!! Yeah!
All three are members of the 100 club. They counted to 100 during the month of September.
Hays lost his lunch box. It's been three days and the lunch box is somewhere at the school. Poor thing had a minor meltdown at school but Mommy to the rescue with a new PBJ sandwich at the end of lunch.
Hadlee cracked me up the other day- She whispered to me that you can have free lunch at school. You just tell them your number and it's free. I checked her lunch account and those 75 cent milks add up during the week and I needed to deposit more money in her account.
Everything that comes home with Hays has "Hays Middlebrook". He loves his name and is proud of his ten letter middle name. His writing has progressed so much in the last month. Yeah!
October brings more projects... "All about me" is due next Monday. We have a school holiday next week! There will be two field trips- pumpkin patch and a play at the high school.
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