blossoming!

Elizabeth is just blossoming w/ her schooling. Yesterday she was in the office with Chris and I listening to us chat. We said something about Jamba Juice and immediately her little ears perked up and she grabbed a piece of paper on my desk and began to sound out the words Jamba Juice. She did "j" and "a" all by herself and then got stuck not knowing where to go next ;)

My Father's World has 26 lessons, each of them being 6 days long. I am using it very loosely. It goes through each letter of the alphabet focusing on some aspect of God's creation. It is not in alphabetical order ... which is simply fine with me. We are on lesson 2 - learning about the moon (and space). The first lesson was about the sun!

My very next step is to purchase the workbook, Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons. I have had more than one mom recommend that book to me. Just this past Thursday I was at "Park Day" with the homeschool I am apart of and yet another mom recommended it to me. I think it was because she saw my daughter snuggle up to another mom who had some books out and got this mom to read them to her - oh how Ellie LOVES books! We will be adding that into our daily learning soon.

I am also planning on going to a seminar on A Literature Based Approach to Education (Point 3 on this page describes this approach pretty well) with Carole Joy Seid. Mainly looking forward to "developing my own philosophy of education" as we continue deeper into this whole homeschooling thing!