prometheus home school institute...

prometheus home school institute...
so we have taken a short break from school out of necessity. just too much going on and i didn't want to be deemed officially crazy. but i have to admit it feels good to be getting back into it.  the last few days farmer dad has taken the guys and given me plenty of time to get things ready for school again.  we have decided to put the growing farmer sons on the same page.  farmer son one can read and farmer son two can sign. so we are putting them together and going to swap.  farmer son two will learn to read and farmer son one will learn to sign.  not to say that farmer son one doesn't know or use signs because he does , but i'm talking about signs.  not just daily conversation signs.  know what i mean?  so i'm excited about that.  i'm using the ordinary parents guide to teaching your child to read. i love that book.  it explains everything so clearly and makes it easy for me to teach. this might sound bad, but im learning things that i've never know.  since both farmer sons know their letters and their sound we are going to start with lesson 27 with words- am, an, at.  then we will add to it.   i have my words on cards ready, complete with the sign on the back.  to clarify, we are using see, signing exact english,and not asl at the moment.  for now that works better for what we are trying to achieve and in the future we will switch to asl.  they are not the same,  just so you know.  with our reading program we are going to start saxon first grade home school math.  don't know if that is the exact title, but either way i'm excited about it.  that program is very clearly written and thorough.  it's exciting to be able to educate our little farmer sons and feels good to be building a good foundation for them to build their future education and then lives on. i read  in a book something about how my job as a teacher right now is to be placing pegs in their mind, for them to hang information on later.  what a great thought!  i really enjoy the moment when you see them get something.  their little faces light up.  it's priceless.  these are the moments in the future that i will miss and i know it.  trying to embrace it.  so the prometheus home school institute will start up again on monday the 25th.  ready to see the growth and change that they will both make.  will keep you updated with our progress.
til next time,
farmer mom