Do you know the meaning of the word “spaghettification”?
It’s Friday. The end of our first official week of school for the 2005-2006 school year. (The public schools don’t start until August 16, but we get to take some days off in October to go to the beach – it’s Texas, so it’s still warm enough to swim. Also, we can take some days off to visit with Grandmother and maybe Mema. More swimming anyone?) Things went well. T loves his new language workbook. We are still learning usage and parts of speech from First Language Lessons, but I am supplementing with Spectrum Language Arts, which focuses more on mechanics, punctuation, and proofreading. D is speeding through Kindergarten math. He is eager to move on to 1st grade work.
D decided to discontinue Spanish for the time being. He always has the option to start again. I’m a bit sad about this, but I try to remember that I want him to learn enthusiastically, not grudgingly. He still wants to learn all of the words in his book, My First 1000 Words in Spanish. In the meantime, I’m looking for a good at-home Spanish program. So far, I’m investigating the Power Glide and Rosetta Stone programs. The latter even offers Welsh, which is my languange of choice. I was also looking at our local library’s online card catalog and found scads of Spanish Instruction programs on cassette, DVD, Videocassette, and CD-ROM. Plus, I plan to search Half Price Books for some elementary texts. I don’t think we’ll lack for Spanish.
In addition, I plan to teach the kids Latin. A friend has already been teaching her kids from a workbook. I want to ask her about it. Latin is not on the slate until 4th grade, but I may start it early, if only for myself. I have to keep up with the kids, who are leaping headfirst into quantum physics. Do you know the meaning of the word “spaghettification”? It’s part of the theory surrounding black holes, string theory, etc. I’ll leave you to your own research.
Also on the possibility list, homeschool soccer for the younger set – everybody gets to touch the ball. Older kids are also welcome. It’s free, and it’s in the morning. We tried last year to go to this. Maybe we’ll succeed this year.
