Happy Monday

We have started our week out pretty good. I have enjoyed not having to go out of the house on Monday's and Wednesday's since December. But unfortunately that has come to an end. My precious Big Man is taking some classes at the local university and we are on our way out today. My prayer is that everyone has a great week. Let's celebrate a new week.

Weekly Report

We have pictures this week. I used my daughter's digital camera. This week, we had a rough time with Math. I seriously had to get over my perfection issues of wanting to be finished with a particular page and trying to move on to the next topic. After much prayer, the Lord has given me peace. The older kiddy's had to take their Math test twice before they could pass it. But the blessing is- they understood the next topic and really built on what we had previously studied. Spelling/Vocabulary - finished up definitions and games; both tested at 100%; Science - dissecting the eye(we are fearfully and wonderfully made). Grammar went well also, this was not my favorite subject in school, so this is like pulling teeth for me. Social Studies - Ancients and timelines. Reading - assorted books.

Tot School

The Big Man is at a real great pace, he is able to recognize letter A, B, C, & D; along with the numbers 1 & 2. He is so excited to be able to write the letter A, C and D. He is having difficulty with the letter B. Here is a sample of his letter A. I decided to use his etch a sketch that he received as a Christmas Gift. We also did lots of reading. He absolutely loves Dr. Seuss.

Good Ground Homeschool E-News

My husband and I(mostly hubby) started a ministry over 13 years ago where we would create newsletters on the computer, print them and give them out for free. Things in our life started changing rather rapidly, and with much shame I must say that we stopped writing them. Well, fast forward 3 years from 1996, my husband meets someone that said that they had actually received one of the newsletters in the Bahamas and what a blessing it had been to them. God, was still talking to us, but we were not listening. We were really involved with my parents restaurant; making their ministry ours. Clearly not the way that God intended for us to go.

Fast forward to 2009, and here we are again. The Lord has placed it on our hearts again to start our newsletter, and by God's grace we will carry this through until God tells us otherwise. I am really excited about this. The launch issue will be entitled "2009 How to Homeschool on a Dime". The cover you see above, is a mock copy that my husband drafted for possibly a print magazine; but you get the gist of where it's going. The Lord has lead me to some women of God who have some powerful ministries themselves who will be writing for Good Ground. We are still in need of homeschool moms and dads to write articles. One section that is desperately needed is a Curriculum Review of the Month, Read A Loud Book Review (ages 0-4, 5-8, 10-12, highschool), as well as Parent Enrichment Book Review. If you or anyone you know is interested in contributing to either of these topics, please email me @ goodgroundmag@gmail.com. Most of all your prayers are needed as we work to get this newsletter out. Also, make sure you sign up and tell your friends on the other forums to sign up as well. Can't wait to hear from you.

God Bless,

Sonya

Tot School

The Big Man did really well this week(remember no pictures, slummed in pj's). I was so proud of him. We have gone on to the letter B for recognition, still including the letter A recognition. He actually did some handwriting, he wrote the letter A all by himself. I will have to take pictures and upload, or maybe scan in what he wrote. He was so excited, he told his dad that he was really busy this week doing his homework. We will continue on next week with the letter C and the number 3.

Weekly Report

This week, we kind of slummed it around the house, so no pictures for this week. It was so cold outside that we did hang around in pj's(clean of course) and did schooling. We had a pretty good week, it went kind of rough on the Math. We actually did some afterschooling to brush up on the math understanding.

Math - decimals, fractions, beginning Algebra

Spelling/Vocabulary - finished up lists, spelling and definition memory(test on Monday)

History - Ancients

Reading - assorted array of books

Grammar - proofreading skills, complete subjects and complete predicates

Science - combined with nature studies

It's Cold Enough To Snow

Wow is it cold today. This is the coldest that I can remember it being here in the South in a long time. The high today is only going to be 27, but with the wind effect, it will feel like 6 (ouch). Can you say..."Staying in, absolutely not going anywhere today"?!!! Today is definately a day to thank the Lord for being able to homeschool.