Yikes

So the flu hit AGAIN

A few things we have discovered in the last few weeks...   

Genevieve just finished all the free videos on brain pop, I think I will get a subscription

Genevieve has started ixl - she loves ixl

Nathan has started dreambox and is enjoying it yeah!

I had to figure out something different for math as Nathan was not engaging at all, I realized he was bored.  I needed to let him work at his grade level, but we need to work on his basic math facts.  Nathan can not answer quick enough.  So we are now using dreambox for at grade challenge and we are doing math games everyday.  This seems to be much easier and Nathan can see he does need to get better at math facts.  I will be restarting math u see soon as well.  

We have started a unit study on the lion the witch and the wardrobe.  It is from beyond the page, so far it fits well for us. Chilliwack cultural centre has the lion the witch and the wardrobe play on November 22.  I am hoping to go to this with the kids.  

We are getting used to our routine...

Genevieve is putting in a consistent effort in piano.

Nathan struggles with piano for many reasons, his small motor control in his fingers and his confidence.   He needs help at the beginning if a new song, he doesn't want to play new songs as he says he's not very good.  Once I struggle and get him to play and practice hr likes it and is definitely proud he can do it.  If course he gets 2 new songs every week :).  So each week we start over again...

I am realizing that I think unit studies work well for our family.  I need to look at our plos and figure out how to incorporate these into our learning.  

I have so much I want to teach them, but I know I have to give Nathan some time to settle into this new learning environment we are in.  Genevieve is not having a difficult adjustment.  Nathan is doing pretty good but I know I am pushing him beyond his comfort every day.