School and skill

Well, the school year is in full swing. We are about to wrap up the 7th week already! The kids really are enjoying their studies. I am amazed at how quickly Isabella's reading is improving and how much she now wants to read outside of "school time." And Elijah begs me every morning to start his school. You would think it was chocolate cake the way he begs to get started. Anyway, the following are pictures of them at their work.

Here is Elijah asking for the "lion story." Right now he is about anything that growls! He is memorizing a verse every week, reading Bible stories, reading poetry and nursery rhymes, reading stories, and, of course, doing his work book. The work book is by far his favorite. I think he feels very grown up to be following directions and busy about his work!

Here is Isabella and Daddy working on her math. Since Dad likes math and science, he teaches these subjects with her. I think math may be her favorite subject alongside reading. Besides these subjects, she also has history, handwriting, spelling, Bible, and read-aloud (which is where I read books aloud to her).

And like most kids, ours love to do art. We keep a poster of their art work (sorry, it's a little fuzzy!) up so that the work is up for others to see. As you might be able to see from this picture and the one with Isabella doing her math, we have a little school corner in our dining room. We have a small table and chairs, world map, US map, number chart, and all of our school supplies in this area. We use a white board to separate the school corner from the other distractions in the house during "school time."

So I've told you about the school, and now for the skill. Lydia has learned something new...we're not thrilled with it, but it is funny to see. As we have been working on teaching her to point to her nose, mouth, eyes and ears, she has learned something for herself. She has found that her finger fits nicely INSIDE her nose. She isn't picking, just sticking! I was sitting on the living room floor last night, when she walked down into the living room and across the floor all the while her finger up her nose. I have to admit, it was pretty funny looking. She was proud of herself and her find!