Our Homeschool Room

I’m just so happy with how my boy is progressing with his reading. Oh, I could just remember our ‘drama’ a year and a half ago during our ‘reading class’. It really proves that it takes ‘readiness’ for the child to be able to read. If one is not ready, then it will surely be a struggle and forcing the child to ‘read’ is not beneficial at all! So, better wait until he/she is ready and we will surely reap our rewards. As what one title of the book says, ‘ It’s Better Late than Early’.

My Pinterest is overflowing with photos of Easter baskets and goodies, from colorful egg shaped eggs to chocolate bunnies. Some are photos of beautiful baskets filled with cakes, candies and maybe Swisher Sweets . Looking at all those colorful cupcakes, makes me want to make my own goodies and give to our friends tomorrow. But then, I felt so tired and lazy today. So, I’ve passed out the opportunity for me to practice my cake decorating ‘skill’ and making my friends happy.. ;(

Our family has 9 rabbits, 2 turtles and a lot of fish. Every morning, our daughter’s first chore is to feed all our pets. She loves doing this, but since today was exceptionally hot, she came back inside hot and tired. I chuckled when she said that she’s thankful that she’s not a zookeeper since it would take so much of time to feed all the animals. lol! But I think she’ll have to feed more pets in a month’s time since our rabbit seems to be pregnant again!

With all the kids today wanting iPhones and iPads, here’s my little girl desiring to have an MP3 as a gift after finishing her homeschool for this year. Somehow my daughter knows that a) we cannot afford to buy her all the hi tech gadgets and b) she’s not allowed to have those techie stuff at such an early age. She loves to sing and listen to music so, the MP3 and I think the MP3 is a good choice. That’s a good start for a music lover like her. I’m sure if she seriously wants to pursue music when she’s older, she can get herself all those hi tech musical gadgets from akai lpd8 to electric guitars.

It cannot be denied, my daughter loves history as much as she loves Language Arts. I’m even surprised as to how fast she can finish the history readings that I’ve assigned to her. So, it’s like our history now is actually ‘fast paced’ and I think we will finish this subject a few months ahead of schedule. If she finishes fast, then I plan to do a lot of review with her and we can also have a lot of time to do extra stuff like making a timeline or a world history lapbook. I’m sure my daughter will enjoy that.