I decided to do the Rosetta Stone with my daughter in 1st grade. We go through the guided lessons together everyday for one week. The next week she does the various activities on her own, and at the end of that week she does a test. So far it has worked out great and she loves doing it. I think it is the whole using headphones, working on her own at the computer like the big kids do, that she likes best, but that is fine with me as long as she is learning a second language as well.
a very studious little girl
Health lesson on growth. Liani and Brooke decorating their wall height-chart.
School started this week, and it was off to a good start. While the 3 oldest went off to school, and since Liani is not officially old enough to need to go to the local school house, I still homeschool her. She is starting 1st grade. She loves studying so it was easy to get back into it.
Today her friend Brooke joined us. She and Liani went through KG together and they are best friends. They keep each other in line and help the other with their school work.
This is the last week of holidays before my kids go back to school. I really enjoyed this month of having them home.
Since we couldn't go anywhere for holidays, we had to make holidays come to us. With our kids pool, our BBQ spot in our own little forest, my re-usable ice cream molds, the river across the street, and the park down the road, we managed to have ourselves a fine month of summer days.
We enjoyed biking and roller blading after storms when the air was fresh, baking projects or board games on rainy days, watching documentaries or movies as a family in the evenings, and on the sunny days, a lot of water play, BBQs and playing with friends.
Hooray for summer!