Refocusing.
Friday, October 12, 2007 at 10:10PM So. What have you been up to this past week? I've been refocusing...trying to get things in order. (Seems like I'm always doing that, eh?) Yesterday, I had a blast shopping. Amazingly, I wasn't shopping for scrapping supplies, but for school supplies. Yes. I know that the "school year" has been in session for awhile now. Noah and I have been continuing in our homeschool journey. But, we haven't really "immersed" ourselves in it of late...particularly with how crazy September was with trying to catch up after being away for three weeks and adjusting to life with soccer and resuming activities that were on hold over the summer (like weekly piano lessons and our homeschool group co-ops).
So, I digress. Yesterday the boys and I hit our local educational supply store. Wow...always love browsing stores like that...it's worse than scrapbook stores for me, actually, as I can almost always justify buying a great educational tool or book for the boys and those tend to cost more than, say, a sheet of patterned paper. ;) In any case, I did a fairly good job (having had a specific list of things I was looking for going in). Picked up a some fun language workbooks, math games, geography stuff and a couple of thermometers for science experiments.
Then. I hit our wonderful local independent bookstore just blocks from our house. Picked up a slew of fun books! Dude. There are soooo many good books out there! Bonus of it all was that I had a full punch card for the store, meaning I got 50% off my entire purchase. SCORE! A few of my favorites were:
The Honest To Goodness Truth ...I happened on this one while crawling about trying to get Micah to put his shoes back on. It's about a girl learning to tell the difference between total honesty and exercising a bit of tact...something I think every parent struggles with explaining from time to time. ;)
Pieces of Gax ...This is the 9th book in a series that was actually begun as a comic strip. The boys love these Akiko books...not the most intellectually stimulating stuff, but the characters are good and struggle with things the boys can relate to (like being nervous about being in charge or saying you can do something when really you can't). Plus, anything that has them begging to be read to has got to be good, right?
Three Sir Cumference books...My mom found one of these for Noah back in August and I discovered three more on the shelves. Noah, um, loves math so finding a way to incorporate reading into that is fabulous.
These, obviously, were only a sampling from the big ol' bag I came home with. Do you have any great children's book finds you want to share? I'm always on the lookout for more!!
With bookshelves re-stocked for now, and a more detailed lesson plan in the works, we're very much looking forward to the coming studies. Yay! Nothing like being excited about learning! And, of course, I'm thinking I need to alter a binder to keep my lesson plans and various school paperwork in...maybe make a few tabbed dividers using some cardstock stickers I have around here somewhere. ;)
So. What was your favorite subject growing up? (or now, for that matter)
Reader Comments (2)
I always loved the educational store (called TAPS round these parts). It was my favorite store and I just knew I wanted to be a teacher ... until I realized what that really meant. :D My all-time favorite subject was definitely science. I was always in love with science, still am. :D So my recommendation would be to get more science books, a telescope, some dye, beakers, a burner, and create little labs complete with goggles and masks. :D
anything science related. HATED the liberal arts. LOL!