Category Archives: Eclectic

Friday, September 1, 2006 – Math Woes

It’s 10:30 as I write this and Ani is still wide awake. She reading, completely absorbed in a Fairy Realm book we got from the library today. I think I’m giving up on expecting her to ever have a reasonable … Continue reading

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 – Late Start, Late Finish

Thursdays have always been my favorite day of the week. The weekend is coming but still far enough away that I can look forward to it. On the flipside my least favorite day of the week is Sunday, particularly the … Continue reading

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 – Another Long Day

Once again Ani didn’t finish school until Jamie got home. Most of the day was spent not doing school and begging me to go next door to play. Problem is the 5 year old next door is not a healthy … Continue reading

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Tuesday, August 29, 2006 – A long school day and I don’t care

Ani took a very long time to finish her schoolwork today and for once I don’t care. I don’t care because I was not sitting next to her trying to keep her on task. I did remind her a few … Continue reading

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School, the new way – Monday, August 28, 2006

Today marked the day of our “new school” as Ani calls it. I wrote out a checklist for Ani this morning. She loves checklists so she was very excited that I made it complete with squares to put a check … Continue reading

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August 25, 2006

We read 11 childrens books yesterday. We started school at 8:30 this morning. Warm-up: Ani wrote that Mommie just had a baby on July 11th and he is fun to play with. His name is Fritz. So her assignment was … Continue reading

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August 24, 2006

We read one chapter book and 10 childrens books yesterday. We started school at 10 this morning. Warm-up: Ani wrote that Daddy is fun to play with and goes to school. She loves that Jamie takes college courses and does … Continue reading

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August 23, 2006

We read two chapter books yesterday. We started school at 8:30 today. Warm-up: Ani wrote that Cameron is fun to play with but a little mean. They had just gotten into a fight before we went down to start school. … Continue reading

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August 22, 2006

We read one chapter book yesterday. We started school at 9 this morning. Warm-up: Ani wrote that Fritz is wonderful to play with and smiles and laughs a lot. Math: Ani watched the video for lesson 18 and did page … Continue reading

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August 21, 2006

My laptop is back from Apple and appears to be in good working order again. No more random shutting down! On Friday we read one chapter book all together. I read 5 childrens books to Cameron after Ani left for … Continue reading

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