We made it through our first week. I always forget how exhausting yet rewarding it is to be back at school. We did a lot of grace and courtesy and team building this week. We also had some great lessons. Today we had a great time with Ms. Kirsten’s class. Ms. Kirsten’s class is our mentor class. We will be doing something with them at least once a month, have reading partners with them, and even try to schedule a field trip with them. Today we did a team building activity with them. We split the kids up into small groups and gave them 4 mats. They had to work together to get across the field, using the mats, without touching the grass. It was so fun to watch them work together. It wasn’t just the older kids doing all the work, but the younger ones were helping as well. One group had to go back to the beginning because they touched the grass. The awesome part of that was that they didn’t give up, they just worked even harder to make it. The groups that got to the end first were great. They grabbed their mats and ran to the other groups to help them succeed as well. It was such a great experience. I will post pictures of it.
Next week we will start gradually working our way into work cycle. Monday the kids may only get 1 or 2 works or lessons for work cycle but we will add more each day. We will continue with finishing our great lessons. These will be taking a look at the large timeline of life, theories on the coming of man, the history of writing, and the history of math. The history of writing and math are fun because there are a lot of good books and activities to do as follow ups of them. After we had the coming of the universe lesson the kids worked in groups to create their own universes. I will also post pictures of these.
Thank you to all who were able to make it to back to school night last night. If you weren’t able to come, I sent home a bright orange paper with your child today. This is the schedule for all the home projects we will have this year. This is also on the blog, at the top, under the picture if you need it. When each month starts, I will post a more detailed description of each one on the blog. I also plan on modeling them for the students.
As always, thank you for your support.
Jalee