William's First Day of School

William, our firstborn son, started first grade today. He's 5 1/2. We, his parents, are his teachers.

We also may include what the rest of us are learning: Nathan (husband), Tara (myself), and Trusten (19 months).

This blog serves as his record-keeping and will be printed daily and stored in a binder, along with some of his work. The following is our weekly schedule, subject to change at any time, if need be:

Sunday

*Bible
*Reading/writing/spelling/grammar
*Father time (anything from safety teachings (fire, gun, tornado, etc.), survival, building, hunting and fishing, etc.)~Nathan is the teacher for this

Monday

*Bible
*Reading/writing/spelling/grammar
*Social skills/Manners and etiquette
*Social studies (history, geography, etc.)
*Art

Tuesday

*Bible
*Reading/writing/spelling/grammar
*Social skills/Manners and etiquette
*Social studies (history, geography, etc.)
*Music

Wednesday

*Bible
*Reading and writing (shortened version)
*Science
*Math

Thursday

*Bible
*Reading and writing (shortened version)
*Science
*Math

Friday

*Bible
*Reading/writing/spelling/grammar
*Free computer time to play Clever Island (subscription) or other educational games
*Help with cleaning the house

Sabbath

*Bible
*Godly living lessons (workbooks for obedience, thankfulness, etc.)
*Scripture memorization
*Singing

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Today, Sunday:

*Bible

~10 Commandments (Ex. 20:1-17); I Chron. 27 and 28; Proverbs 10; Matt. 23; Psalm 63

*Reading/writing/spelling/grammar

~Rocket Readers Learn-to-Read Bible (4 pages--2 yesterday's review and 2 new; wrote four new words: shepherds, news, manger, Lord); Step into Reading Silly Sara (I read it aloud, then he read it aloud with a little help); Explode the Code Book 1 (Pretest; Lesson 1, short 'a', 9 pages, he followed instructions circling the correct pictures that begin with the same sound as the given letter, spelled, and wrote words with short 'a' sound).

*Father time

~Followed instructions and assisted Nathan with putting together two new filing cabinets

Breakfast
--Whole wheat blueberry muffins and strawberry kefir
Lunch
--Whole wheat macaroni & cheese w/ cayenne pepper and sliced cucumbers

I'll be including our breakfast and lunch menus, just like the public and private schools provide theirs. Nearly all ingredients I use are organic. I won't be including details on "physical education" until William gets a little older and learns sports. For now, we all get our exercise, and William gets plenty of it.