Oh, Brother!!

And we mean that in a good way.  E calls her big brother, "Brother."   Brother left Thursday morning and E misses him very much.  She had a good time when he was here, but the visit was too short.  She's already asking when is "brother" coming back.  Hopefully, sometime yet again this year.

Here's a short video of E and her big brother playing Tag:



This picture was taken the last night my son was here. Love this picture!

With "brother" gone, it's back to preschool. Nice thing about homeschooling, you can take a break whenever you need to. But, our guests are gone, so back to work!

Back to School

We've had quite an extended break from preschool.  We started back up over the weekend, reviewing more of the letters we had covered last fall, and tomorrow, we will pick up where we left off.  I have slowly been accumulating some more preschool/kindergarten homeschooling resources to use for the rest of this year and for the fall when I homeschool E for kindergarten, including a few collections of children's literature, and some musical instruments (kazoo, triangle, maracas, etc.).  My mother sent her a United States floor puzzle and my MIL is sending an American flag.  We picked up some posters on telling time and simple arithmetic at the Dollar Tree.  They have lots of school stuff there!!

Saturday we reviewed the letter I and today, the letter J. We really had fun with J because we got to sing and talk a lot about Jesus.  E  LOVES Jesus and loves to sing about him and his great love for all of us.  We read two of her books about Jesus and then we talked a bit about Agape love and how Jesus loves us no matter what...that there is nothing that we could do that would stop Him from loving us and that we are to love other in the same way.  Tomorrow, the letter K!

Preschool Pictures

Here are a few pictures from this week.

All ready for preschool!


E LOVES coloring


Another favorite thing to do...PUZZLES!


E working on an ABC Airplane. First, practice writing the alphabet. Then, color in the airplane. Preschool is more fun when Clarice the Reindeer attends!


Next, cut out the airplane, the alphabet banner, tape it together and hang it up!

Preschool

The Princess is 4 1/2. Too young to go to school this year and too late for her to get into VPK at our church preschool. So, I followed a link someone posted to a website of a woman who has posted preschool and kindergarten curriculums, with weekly and daily schedules, as well as lots of other resources. I've been toying with the idea of home schooling The Princess pretty much since I was pregnant with her. I've a good friend from back home who has been home schooling for years and has been a great resource for me.

There is a local Christian school that also offers a home school/in school program starting in kindergarten. I've decided to give the preschool home schooling a try to see if I have what it takes to home school The Princess next year. E is excited...and I have lots to do. I'm going to try to have things up and running next week. We'll see what I'm made of here. I'm not the most patient person, but I know that patience is already inside me from the Holy Spirit. I'm going to pray that God will work this patience to the surface as I attempt to teach The Princess here at home.