Me: "You did a great job on that circle. I'm proud of you!"
The aparently smarter than me kindergartner: "Mom, that's an oval.. not a circle. See?"
I must be doing something right if she recognized the difference. But now I'm thinking.. man, maybe I'm the one that needs to take this kindergarten class hehe.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Building blogs five: Say that one more time?
I have now officially experienced what I have read so much about, answering the questions about a public charter school. I really do not mind. As a matter of fact, I love sharing the positive experiences we're having with everyone. But I must say, it is a bit overwhelming.
Today I finally said to someone, just give me a little bit to gather my thoughts- as I've repeated myself of the same answer to many other people these past two days. Ten minutes, I got the same question again and kindly answered it lol.
However the initial reaction is the same from everyone. The immediate response is this, "Oh so it's homeschool". At this point I'm thinking.. were you listening to me? lol. I simply say, eh okay kind of.. I guess.. Then I repeat the public charter school explanation, and by this point my answer is clear.
I am pleased to say I have had no negative responses. Which makes me happy but I do know that at some point, I will come across one. And when that time happens I will be ready. With patience, kindness, love and understanding to their own perspective. On another note, the sarcastic part of me will be very quiet and not say, butt out.. haha :)
Overall we are very pleased with our decision to go with OCA. Our first Livelesson was very cool and my daughter is loving the assignments. I am finding it not be as overwhelming as I'd imagined and doing well with handling my own classwork. I greatly encourage everyone to look into CA. I will gladly keep passing on the word, not matter how many times I am asked. :)
Today I finally said to someone, just give me a little bit to gather my thoughts- as I've repeated myself of the same answer to many other people these past two days. Ten minutes, I got the same question again and kindly answered it lol.
However the initial reaction is the same from everyone. The immediate response is this, "Oh so it's homeschool". At this point I'm thinking.. were you listening to me? lol. I simply say, eh okay kind of.. I guess.. Then I repeat the public charter school explanation, and by this point my answer is clear.
I am pleased to say I have had no negative responses. Which makes me happy but I do know that at some point, I will come across one. And when that time happens I will be ready. With patience, kindness, love and understanding to their own perspective. On another note, the sarcastic part of me will be very quiet and not say, butt out.. haha :)
Overall we are very pleased with our decision to go with OCA. Our first Livelesson was very cool and my daughter is loving the assignments. I am finding it not be as overwhelming as I'd imagined and doing well with handling my own classwork. I greatly encourage everyone to look into CA. I will gladly keep passing on the word, not matter how many times I am asked. :)
Monday, August 23, 2010
Building blogs four: First day
Here we are on the first day of school with OCA. My daughter was up and ready to roll at 7a.m. this morning, all by herself. Asked for breakfast, was dressed and ready.. for the first time. Normally she is my itty bitty slacker.. mope around and not really enthused to do much. Not this morning though!
I had everything wrote down that we needed to gather and do today, last night. So we'd be set. I'm keeping a notebook/journal as we go along. That was a great suggestion, thanks CA via facebook. This will definitely help me go back and review my own notes and what we've done.
Now the fun part, figuring out why the desktop computers in our house randomly turn themselves off. Yup, even her school computer is doing it. If I were a bit more paranoid than the average joe, I'd think some paranormal thing was messing with me, heh. I am trying to get this problem solved though, as it's rather annoying when your working hard on something, and the computer just restarts itself. We'll get that figured out, and hopefully soon.
So anyway, we are set on our first day! Our first live lesson is at 9:30 this morning, it will be neat to see. The bell system we have here is pretty nifty. I was able to set it up to only go off on certain days/hours and set the bells. So we have what I like to call "pretty tones" instead of harsh wake you up ones. Also, I incorporated some other fun things that even the almost two year old can do with us. I have a flag in the room, and hung up the pledge of allegiance so we say that and a prayer in the morning. We are also doing a stretch after breakfast to help get our bodies motivated. And of course the normal book and nap in the afternoon.
With all that said, we are going to rock this first day. Now, let's see how the rest of the week goes. ;)
I had everything wrote down that we needed to gather and do today, last night. So we'd be set. I'm keeping a notebook/journal as we go along. That was a great suggestion, thanks CA via facebook. This will definitely help me go back and review my own notes and what we've done.
Now the fun part, figuring out why the desktop computers in our house randomly turn themselves off. Yup, even her school computer is doing it. If I were a bit more paranoid than the average joe, I'd think some paranormal thing was messing with me, heh. I am trying to get this problem solved though, as it's rather annoying when your working hard on something, and the computer just restarts itself. We'll get that figured out, and hopefully soon.
So anyway, we are set on our first day! Our first live lesson is at 9:30 this morning, it will be neat to see. The bell system we have here is pretty nifty. I was able to set it up to only go off on certain days/hours and set the bells. So we have what I like to call "pretty tones" instead of harsh wake you up ones. Also, I incorporated some other fun things that even the almost two year old can do with us. I have a flag in the room, and hung up the pledge of allegiance so we say that and a prayer in the morning. We are also doing a stretch after breakfast to help get our bodies motivated. And of course the normal book and nap in the afternoon.
With all that said, we are going to rock this first day. Now, let's see how the rest of the week goes. ;)
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Building Blogs Three: Ready, Set, Go!
Okay, so I had planned to post pictures of our classroom setting. However it has not happened because my cord for my camera had gotten misplaced. Well the cord was found, but now the batteries on the camera have failed me. If you're finding this funny, that's okay because so did I. The irony of how it all worked made me giggle a bit.
That's okay though, because in the meantime, I have been able to take a step back and look at how I had it all set up. In turn, I made a few changes. I re-hung posters in some new places and added a few new things. We also moved an additional shelf into the room to hold the art/craft supplies and misc. school supplies. It looks very organized and we're very happy with how it turned out.
We recently logged in to the school and I was reading the tips for parents post. I came across a post that said the mom had found a timer for her computer, that helped them with the time changes throughout the day. I thought this sounded cool.. not so much for my kindergartner but for myself. I have a puppy in house training, an almost two year old in potty training and now a kindergartner.. plus I am in college myself. I need all of the help I can get!
So I looked up Yahoo some school bell timers and found one that suited us well. It is a trial however it works out great. I set it with a normal day schedule for us and how we might do things when school starts. We've been working with it these past few days to help us get used to the schedule, and what the different bell sounds mean. So far, so good.
I recently was in Indiana and there was an ad for Ollie's department store. They had school supplies on sale for .35 with rebates. In the end, some of the items with the rebates ended up as low as .10 each and two of the items were free.
Now we are officially on the countdown to the beginning of school. I know most moms cry when they're children start kindergarten, however I am very excited. Almost more excited than she is. Probably because I know she is ready, or maybe because I'm confident as a family we chose the right school. Either way, we are counting down the days on the calendar. School, here we come!
That's okay though, because in the meantime, I have been able to take a step back and look at how I had it all set up. In turn, I made a few changes. I re-hung posters in some new places and added a few new things. We also moved an additional shelf into the room to hold the art/craft supplies and misc. school supplies. It looks very organized and we're very happy with how it turned out.
We recently logged in to the school and I was reading the tips for parents post. I came across a post that said the mom had found a timer for her computer, that helped them with the time changes throughout the day. I thought this sounded cool.. not so much for my kindergartner but for myself. I have a puppy in house training, an almost two year old in potty training and now a kindergartner.. plus I am in college myself. I need all of the help I can get!
So I looked up Yahoo some school bell timers and found one that suited us well. It is a trial however it works out great. I set it with a normal day schedule for us and how we might do things when school starts. We've been working with it these past few days to help us get used to the schedule, and what the different bell sounds mean. So far, so good.
I recently was in Indiana and there was an ad for Ollie's department store. They had school supplies on sale for .35 with rebates. In the end, some of the items with the rebates ended up as low as .10 each and two of the items were free.
Now we are officially on the countdown to the beginning of school. I know most moms cry when they're children start kindergarten, however I am very excited. Almost more excited than she is. Probably because I know she is ready, or maybe because I'm confident as a family we chose the right school. Either way, we are counting down the days on the calendar. School, here we come!
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