Quiet on the Homefront Today

Today is rather quiet. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, my best friend comes over with her 4 which range from nearly toddler to jr. high. Since her second child has a speech and co-ordination problem, she is doing preschool work with the 2 brothers. She thinks this is great. So while the older 3 girls do thier Polished Cornerstones (http://www.doorposts.net/) for Bible class, and do a combined Science (Chemicals and Elements) and History (Moses and Isrealites Leave Egypt and Establish their own Country) that we "wing" with multiple curriculum, Bible readings, and books from the library,.... the 3 smaller ones sit down with me and do phonics, Bible, and math. Later, Kendra takes the little ones out for PE. Meanwhile Esther follows Karen around while she gets on the internet (assuming Tim isn't) and helps with household chores and lunch. In a 900 sq ft trailer that doesn't cool or heat very well and that has too much in it - it's sometimes quite hectic.

Tuesday we started AGAIN the endless task of taking everything out of the girls room (which is only a few feet wider than our master bath) to go through it and organize it. So we have had them change the sheets and remake their beds, and Vannan is working on her closet which is the top half of the nonworking bathtub (someday we will remove it and they will have more room... at least that is the plan) and Kendra is pretending to clean off her desk and organize it. Well, at least I have the 5 loads of dirty laundry out of the room.

So Joel is finished working on his worksheets and is ready for his TV time. He watches the Revver Preschool learning Videos that we got Kendra when she was little from Alpha Omega (http://www.aop.com/). They no longer sell the videos or DVDs, only the computer programs ... which we also use. But I have seen them for sell other places. There are so many new tool available to help teach preschool through 3rd grade these days - you can practically do if for free - it does still cost time and effort and paper and ink to print worksheets. But there are so many choices and resources to choose from!