It's raining, it's pouring...

Really it is, though. Thankfully I have the day off, so we are snug at home right now, although we did run some errands earlier, after heading off to the ice skating rink only to find out they moved the times of the homeschooling session, and don't offer it on Tuesdays anymore at all (guess I should have called first, ooops). But, we did get an early start to the day, and I hope to take the kids to an "open" session later today, since they were both very disappointed in this morning's failed venture. Anyhow, as of now, dinner is all cooked (yummy chicken casserole), lunch is in the oven, the kids are actually playing together... we decided together to do homeschooling after lunch, so I have everything set up for that.

Yesterday, we did pretty well with our lessons. Elf did a couple of pages in math after bringing his calendar work up to date, and is getting much better with drill pages on addition. His memory of math facts is improving. Fairy also did a couple of workbook pages, from an inexpensive K workbook I picked up at the teacher supply store in the morning. She really enjoys the worksheets, but since she's been doing Saxon Math K which doesn't have worksheets, I've been printing out various versions from various web sites, and the workbook I bought is actually cheaper than all the ink I go through! We then worked on phonics - Elf did 2 pages and Fairy 3 - followed by reading the story of Gilgamesh in SOTW (Elf colored the picture too, but Fairy was busy elsewhere by this time), a page in geography, and finally I finished by reading aloud from our new biology book.

Today, my plans are to have Elf work in his journal, update his calendar and temperature chart, do another 2 pages in math and 2 in ETC, one more page in geography, some handwriting, and to start on his science workbook, comparing various objects and placing them in groups according to different attributes. If Fairy decides to join us, she'll work on her calendar, do a page of math, some handwriting, a page or two in ETC, and then she can help with the science work. Then, we can try going off to ice skating again as a reward for work well done... and for P.E. Maybe tonight before bed, I will have Elf read one of his leveled readers to me.