I knew that Aaron was going to love school no matter what we did because it was all new to him. Martin was the real test. This year Martin is doing a combination of 2nd and 3rd grade, but we are calling it 2nd grade.
Martin is a tenderhearted little guy, and he became teary eyed when he listened to his Bible song this week . . . I took a closeup of his eyes and you can see the tears in his eyes. I asked him why he had tears in his eyes, and he said, "because the song is so beautiful!"
Martin's curriculum includes: Bible, History, Poetry, Literature(read alouds), Reading, Grammar, Math, Science, Art, Copy Work, and Spelling.
Martin loved it! I was able to see the joy of learning return! He loves that we don't have to skip all the fun stuff to get the necessary stuff done. It typically took us about twice the amount of time each day as it did last year to complete all of his work, but he enjoyed it all so much that it didn't seem to matter. In fact, I didn't hear a single complaining word from his mouth all week long!
AND, he cried (literal tears) when we got up on Saturday morning and I told him we weren't doing school today! WOOHOO!!! The joy of learning has returned!
Oh, the joys of learning! I am so glad that its back!!!!
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