Since I suck at writing and really stunk it up in English, I struggled with finding a writing program for the girls. I didn't feel like they were getting enough writing exposure from just the workbooks. Another mom suggested "Institutes for Excellence in Writing". I really like the program. The program is taught on DVD and has some printable pages that go with it. The girls are learning to outline the important fact and then re-write what they have read in their own words. We are starting our third week of this, and it is moving along nicely.
We continue to also meet with our co-op and do "Mapping the World with Art" which is a program by Ellen McHenry. It is a pretty awesome course. The girls have drawn Europe, South American and they are now going to work on Central American when we start back up in a couple of weeks.
Here are some pictures from our homes school adventures:
Hannah has made a cookie of Africa
A walk on Lamma Island
Hannah ice skating with her friend Charlotte (who just went back to the States)
Gabby and Dinah
At Hong Kong Park with friends
One of the issues that I think that I do ok with as a parent is, recognizing both the good and the bad traits my daughters have. Hopefully in doing so, I can minimize the bad, and accentuate the good. The girls have had some conflicts with some of the kids in the home school group. I'm not really sure how to deal with this. When they are in school, there is a teacher, assistant principal or principal to be the neutral party in the situation and listen to both sides of the story and be objective when conflicts arise. Now, we, the parents have are put into that position. I personally don't think that we can be that neutral party that is needed to get to the root of the problem. I'm not sure of the solution, but I'm open to all suggestions. Right now, for us, the right thing to do is to remove ourselves from some activities. Hopefully this will make each meeting a better one when we do finally get together.
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