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Unlikely homeschooling mom of 4 extraordinary kids, work-from-home marketer, and adoring wife of the most amazing man in the world. Join us in our Catholic homeschooling adventures (and misadventures) as we tackle everything from saints to seismographs, latin to linking verbs and everything between. There is never a dull moment at the REAL Jellybean Clubhouse!

Mr R

Mr R
Our oldest - 10. You can always find him with his nose in a book or his hands on a video game. He is super bright, very funny and always thinking of ways to make & spend money.

Miss Muffet

Miss Muffet
Age 8. A girly-girl disguised as a tomboy. She is a master of arts & crafts and can bake up a storm. Always willing to try something new. She is our princess.

Hug-A-Bug

Hug-A-Bug
Age 5; but thinks he is 11. Hilarious and charming; loves the outdoors and could spend all day out there. Gives the best hugs & claims that he never actually sleeps at night.

Chunky Monkey

Chunky Monkey
22 months.....adorable and full of mischief & curls. Follows his siblings everywhere and loves them to bits. Makes you want to have another :)

Friday, October 21, 2011

Weekly Review: 10/18-10/21

After a short & rather slow week last week (thanks to Thanksgiving), I was looking forward to getting back on track this week.  The kids did not disappoint.  They worked quite diligently every day and were able to get through this week's schedule fairly well (although fish dissection has been deferred to Saturday). 


My big lightbulb moment this week was all about my curricula choices and my quest for the older 2 to be more independent.  Because of my own demanding work schedule & adding in Hug-a-Bug this year, I was hoping & expecting that Mr R and Miss Muffet would be able to manage some of their subjects independently this year.  I thought that by choosing workbook-type materials that were easy to follow, they would be able to self-teach and still learn lots.  Boy was I ever wrong.  Just because the format is easy-to-use doesn't mean that they can do it themselves (DUH!?!).  I was ready to ditch WWW and GWG and go back to the more scripted FLL/WWE or PLL/ILL or WS/IEW (pick one - I have them all!) - but then realized that it wasn't the books, it was me. 


You know the old saying "a bad carpenter always blames his tools"?  That was me this week.  I was a bad carpenter.  But I am happy to say that, having had my lightbulb moment, I am in the process of adjusting my expectations and figuring out a way to schedule more time with the olders.  I think Miss Muffet would be open to doing some work in the evening......


Chunky Monkey made us laugh this week.  It really is amazing how perceptive these little ones are.  He was being very squawky and whiney for no reason this week, and in a moment of exasperation, I looked at him and said "If you are going to be squawky - then you will need to go in time out".  Well, off he went.  He just toddled off to the time out corner and stood there with his face in his hands.  It lasted all of 5 seconds.  I guess my consistency with the others is starting to pay off :)  The trouble is that now he thinks it is fun to start whining and then he puts himself into the corner........what am I going to do when I REALLY need to put him there?


Here he is:




Off to gather all of the materials necessary to dissect a fish.  Have a great weekend!
Posted by Mrs. W at 8:06 p.m.

3 comments:

  1. MissMOEOctober 21, 2011 at 10:33 p.m.

    It's hard to find that balance--and it's always changing. I've found that around 9 or 10 my kids seemed to need more one on one time as they adjust to more challenge ideas and work. Enjoyed reading about your week.

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  2. Mrs. WOctober 22, 2011 at 9:31 a.m.

    Thank you MissMOE :)

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  3. TiffanyOctober 24, 2011 at 8:29 p.m.

    Good Luck to you. Hopefully you will find a rythmn thats great for your family. Perhaps you could have an instruction day to teach the concepts and then send them off to do the work.

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