"Whatchadoin?" Mid year restructuring

My oldest daughter has been going to youth group (that makes me feel old) at my sisters church.  It gives her a chance to meet new friends and be away from parents, but since her aunt is the small group leader I don't worry about her.  Long story short, last month my sister informed me, "Charry has been telling the other girls that she's failing classes."

I was a bit surprised.  First of all, she's not failing any classes.  I'm a pretty harsh grader but she is still a solid B student.  Secondly, why on earth did she think she was failing!

So we sat down for a Parent/Teacher conference and went over grades together.  After reassuring my child that she was doing fine, we talked about what she needed to feel successful.  

In the end we decided to change how we did a few classes.  We divided her classes into ones she was comfortable doing on her own with mom just grading at the end of each unit and those mom needed to be more actively involved in.

Now she has "student led" and "teacher led" classes.  This gives me a bit more work during the day to day schooling.

But seeing her happily mastering new ideas and concepts makes it worth it, after all this is why we homeschool.

"Insta"-replay #104, new year, new schedule

The first month of the year flew by!  I can't believe how quickly it was over.  

We started the year with a dolly New Years party.  We made game boards for the dolls and stayed up late.  Like 10 o'clock late not midnight late.

We had fun at the library, even Jon came to watch puppets.

After the show the girls were able to meet the puppeteers and get a closer look at the different types of puppets they used.

We had some surprise snow! And I found out my tween is fabulous at taking selfies, I think it's because she's a lefty.

Then it was back to school and the humdrum of life.

We are making an effort to keep our schedule free for family time, it is so easy to over book.

Looking back at the month I must say how nice it is to be close to family, not just physically close (although sometimes I wish all my family was closer) but relationship close.  I'm glad my daughters are growing up with positive role models all around them!

The girls look forward to when the boys have a day off school so they can play.  I was feeling under the weather and may have forgotten they were coming but it was a pleasant surprise.

It was such a fun, busy month, and I'm looking forward to this next one too!