As promised :-)

HAHA!  I'm actually sticking to my promise (which is amazing as what I really SHOULD be doing right now is finding all my valuables ornaments and putting them in there original boxes so I can start on other PCSing jobs hehehe)

And I have some questions for all you homeschooling ladies out there in blogger land.
 What curriculums are you using with your children?
What are the benifits of those curriculums?
Are there any that you would like to try but haven't yet?

You see, I've run into a problem!  My beautiful Bug is progressing a tad bit to fast.  We had been working on a combination prek/k4 curriculum that was FANTASTIC (thanks to Confessions of a Homeschooler) but now my little 2.5yr old has mastered all of the letters/site words/numbers/math problems/phonics ect in the curriculum.  Please don't ask me how I did this, because I didn't.  My daughter is loving homeschool and wants to do her work (most of the time) and has somehow managed to zip right through everything.  After giving her a kindergarten readiness test I'm pretty certain that accademically she's ready for a kindergarten curriculum but physically she's not.  Her fine motor skills are normal for her age, same for large muscle groups, emotions ect.  It's only the accademics that I need but I've also noticed that a lot of the things done with kindergartens require them to have really good fine motor skills.
So how do I combine kindergarten academics with a 2.5yr olds fine motor skills? 

Any help would be much appreciated!   Also does anyone have any information or opinions on getting young children tested to see if they are gifted?  Hubby and I have been bouncing the idea around with how fast she's progressing and just aren't sure whether it would be helpful or a hindrance later in life ya know?

Thankyou my blogger friends :-)

How exausting!

Mr Man NOT sleeping at 4am!

It's funny that I'm starting to feel like the mother of a newborn again!  For some reason dear Mr Man has begun waking up at all hours of the night again (for instance last night was midnight, 2am and then 4am he decided it was morning) and it's got me running on near empty.  Between him, Bug and her schooling, the housework, my bible study and trying to get myself back into some shape other than lumpy I am just flat out exhausted so forgive me if my blogs begin to take on that tone you get when you haven't slept in a week lol!


Miss Bug is really starting to excel in her fine motor skills and her letters are becoming more and more recognizable which is really exciting for both of us!  Even her Daddy could read her name when she copied it yesterday (we're still tracing at the moment but I think we'll be starting to try and write from memory in a few weeks when she feels a bit more successful)  We're also starting the "Teach You Child to Read in Just Ten Minutes a Day" method by Sidney Ledson today.  I've read through the book and it does seem like it could be an approach that works for us, especially since she gets to be in charge of Teddy or Dollys education as well which I think she'll get a HUGE kick out of!  I'll keep you posted on how it works out for us and hopefully I'll be able to recommend it :-)

My little Princess :-)

Bug is also offically in the "princess" phase.  She would not leave the house last week without a beautiful dress, her princess shoes, princess hat and princess necklace!  It's extremely adorable but I also don't want to encourage the usual things like vanity that go along with Princess behavior so I bought her Veggitales "The Penniless Princess" which is an incredibly cute movie that is based on "The Little Princess" which used to be my favorite movie as a little girl. I love, Love, LOVE it!  Even I was singing along to it and enjoying the story which isn't actually surprising as I seem to do that with all the Veggitales shows.



Sadly her potty training is at a stand still.  We've got peeing in the potty down and no issues there.  We've only had one accident in the past 3 weeks BUT she can't seem to figure out pooing in the potty!  Does anyone out there have any tips on how to combat this?!?  I feel like we're never going to get past this point but I also know that there is no way she'll go to college in diapers *sigh* 


Todays craft - Stringing some fall leaves made out of construction paper on to string to make a beautiful fall ceiling decoration (got the idea from Enchanted Learning which is a fantastic resource!)
 

Have a Blessed Day and send me those potty training tips!  Please?!

Freebies! :-)

I just want wanted to share some freebie PDF books I found and hadn't seen before.

Helping Your Child Become a Reader

Helping Your Preschool Child

Helping Your Child Learn Math

Helping Your Child Learn Science

Helping Your Child Succeed in School

Helping Your Child With Homework

Toddlers Get Ready To Read: How Parents Can Help Their Toddlers Get Ready To Read

I haven't read any of these yet myself but I do plan to and I'll let you know how they seem!

Have a Blessed Day!

Craft of the Day

This week we've been reading very hungry caterpillar and learning about our colors and numbers through reading.  Today little Bug and I got out the homemade glue and construction paper and did some fantastic gluing, counting and matching!

 One Apple...

 Two Pears and 3 plums,

 On to our writting/letter practice!

 Check out those awesome Bs my 2.5 year old is creating!  (worksheets from Confessions of a Homeschooler)

 A lunch which I had to quickly snap a picture of.  Delicious peanut butter sandwich on Rudis Organic Honey Sweet Whole Wheat bread cut into a butterfly, unsweetened organic applesauce and still frozen peas (what can I say?  My daughter only likes her peas frozen lol)

The finished dry product!  She did a fantastic job putting the labels on the right fruits!

I'm thinking that was a very successful day in home preschool :-)