Daddy was home on Labor Day, so we just relaxed and played most of the day. When they did get bored, however, I brought out some of their math toys to play with. Abby and Abram both love the pattern blocks, and ask to get them down pretty often.
Abby and Abram are sister and brother who are homeschooling from the start! We 'do' school mostly with Sonlight Curr., but are a little eclectic with our approach. We love learning together, so we combine with whatever we can, and only do seperate work where levels are important (math, learning to read, etc). Because of this, grade level is very blurry and we are in multi-level material all at the same time.
We love to learn together, which is just one more thing we love about Sonlighting. Almost every day, our Science, Bible, History, and Read-Alouds are done together--switching back and forth between early learning and more advanced/challenging material. This gives them a chance to participate and learn from very light, enjoyable material and material that will stretch their ability.
Even though they are both participating in the same material, they are not required to participate on the same level. For example, in Science we may be studying plants. Abby would be required to listen, do a worksheet, discuss, and do a project. Abram, on the other hand, would only listen in and observe/participate with the project.
In order to be listed on the Completed List, the child participating will have 'proven' to me that they understand the material. If they haven't, then it will not be listed even though they participated. In a later year, these books/material that were not well understood will be repeated.
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