Price's Personality

Price's personality is always something that Ron and I are amazed at. He is his own little person, and he has certain things that he wants to be done a certain way. I suppose it could be because he is the oldest. So, tonight he and Daddy finished reading The Magicians Nephew. They have already read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, but Price has decided that since they read the books out of order that they now need to go back and read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe then they can continue their progress through all the Chronicles. We thought it was so funny, but tomorrow night, they will be going back to read a book they have already read.

Also today in Sunday school, (I was helping teach his class today) I saw him playing with some items from a doll house. He had a floor lamp in his hand, and he was showing it to another little girl and saying "No, this is the lamp post!" I thought it was so funny!

Price and Daddy Books

Ron reads a chapter a night to Price out of a "big" book. I want to keep a record of them so that we can look back at them if we want.
Jan 2008 - C.S. Lewis The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Price loved this book, and has been watching the movie almost nonstop since they finished the book. We wouldn't let him watch the movie until he finished the book.)
Feb 2008 - C.S. Lewis The Magician's Nephew (They are almost finished with this book).
Price wants to read all of the Chronicles of Narnia books, so I'm sure that will be most of the year reading with Daddy!

Pre-K Curriculum

I have been wavering about whether or not to start Price in Kindergarten even though he will only be four. I have decided to do Pre-K with BJU Math K. I have found the BEST pre-k curriculum, and the best thing... IT'S FREE!! There is a wonderful website, http://www.letteroftheweek.com/ and it has the best program for children who don't know anything about the alphabet (2-3 yr olds) then another program for pre-school kids. I am very excited, and I've already started planning. It incompasses all of the subjects in a week all featuring whatever the letter is. As we get closer to school starting (June 30), I'll post our weekly adventures. We're just trying to get through our 100 lessons book first!

Learning to read

Well.. we have done five lessons (we cut back to one lesson a day because two lessons were just too many). He's getting better with it. He has learned a, e, m, and s so far. He consistently remembers s, and today he also remembered a. He just learned e today, but m is giving him a lot of problems. If I show him all the letters and ask him what sounds like mmmmmm, then he will point to it, but if I point to it and ask him what it says, he doesn't remember. I guess it made me feel better today that he remembered a, so I'm just hoping for m pretty soon! He's doing great, and Wesley was really good today while we had school. Price also painted a little this afternoon, but he couldn't use the fingerpaints because he had a scooter accident and cut his finger. We didn't want it to get yucky in the paint, so he did water colors. He didn't like it very much so he just drew a picture of the moon. (He was watching Tigger and Pooh and they were talking about the moon). I'm so glad he's going over to draw by himself without me having to ask him about it, or reminding him of it.

Fabulous Quote

I saw this on another site, and I thought it was great. I need to remember this any time I'm just being a mother and not a Mommy.

"The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes one a mother—which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician."-- Sydney J. Harris

First day of Reading

I got Teaching Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons yesterday, and we did the first lesson this morning. He really likes the "say-it-fast" part. He learned "mmmm" and "ssss" today, and when we did the review at the end of the lesson, he remembered "ssss". We had to write the two sounds, and that was atrocious! He just can't seem to hold the pencil right, and he pushes too hard, and he doesn't make the right shapes. I think we need to work on the basic shapes some more. He can't look at something and draw that shape. He can trace it, and draw it pretty good, but not when he's doing it beside the letter. Oh well... maybe it will get better. We at least had fun just hanging out by ourselves for a few minutes. WESLEY DECIDED TO DUMP OUT A WHOLE DRAWER OF TOYS WHILE PRICE AND I WERE WORKING. Maybe he will get better also.

Beginning Our Homeschooling Journey

I have seen this idea on other sites, so this is going to be just for Price's homeschool book. We are going to take a picture of one thing each week, and at the end of the year we're going to have it made into a book. I'm working on our curriculum for this first year. We will start school in July (maybe earlier). He is in a pre-school right now two days a week, but we're having issues with him sleeping, so those days are a struggle. We're working on it.