One thing that always amazes us both is how quickly the weeks pass by. As an adult I notice this but as a child I don’t think I ever did. Time seemed to drag on. And I think it is because I was always waiting for something ‘in the future’ to arrive. Keilee doesn’t feel like that. She definitely realizes that time speeds by.
Our week wasn’t as busy but we didn’t seem to get any more done really. Funny how that works.
Here is a list of her accomplishments this week. I am sure I have forgotten so many things because as hard as I try to update daily that doesn’t always work out.
As I have said before we are LOVING Southern Literature. This week we read two short stories. We liked them both but especially “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. She just paints pictures with her words and you can feel the sadness or joy in the stories. We talked so much about this story and even looked up quilt patterns that were mentioned. We also talked about what the one thing was we would take with us if we could only take 1 object. Keilee said her ‘pilly’ which is a pitiful looking pillow that she sleeps with every single night since she was about 22 months old. Even when she spends the night with people. It is a very small pillow and over the years has gotten more and more sad looking. I asked her why not her Art Journal and she said she could make another Art Journal but she could never replace pilly. Pilly has a stocking at Christmas. 😉
One of the coolest things that happened this week is Keilee was able to join a Knitting and Crochet Club. I have a weekly meeting for my new job and she always goes with me because it is at a downtown coffee shop. A couple of weeks ago we had to move the date and there was a group of women in a back room knitting. She went back there and talked to them and they invited her to join them each week. This was the first week she did and she LOVED it. I could hear her in there laughing and talking with them. It makes me happy for her to be with a group of older women who are so kind to her.
We also went to one of our favorite festivals the Fiddler’s Convention. We have gone every year since Keilee was very small. There are people everywhere playing fiddles, banjos, washboards, spoons, dulcimers, mandolins and much more. There are 70 year old men clogging with 10 year old boys. It is at a nearby university under huge old trees and it is beautiful.
* Pirate Day at Skate Day
* Keilee working in the sound booth at church. This past Sunday was Baptism Sunday. The first one in our new church and we baptized 190 people!!!!!
* Keilee laying on her bed with Nomad working on her novel. She worked on this about 3 hours this day.
* Algebra. Even Nomad doesn’t like it. 😉
So as October flies by we are moving along. Learning and living one day at a time.
Homeschooling Rocks!
Karen
“The idea of learning acceptable social skills in a school is as absurd to me as learning nutrition from a grocery store.”~ Lisa Russell
“I love making something and knowing that someone will actually wear it!” ~Keilee age 14
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Yay!! I am all caught up. You girls have had the loveliest fall. So much learning and so much beauty.
Have you ever tried the Danika Mckeller books for algebra? My daughter loves them and there is even a Youtube channel called Math Bites that goes along with them. The books really fit algebra into real life and has quizzes for girls that are fun and not math related too. Books are – Math Doesn’t Suck, Kiss My Math and Hot X. They are definitely more interesting then standard math books.
It looks like you guys had an amazing week! And they say homeschoolers don’t get enough socialization! Keilee socializes with all different age groups, not just kids in her own grade!
We were home almost all week too and didn’t seem to get any more done than usual;) Time goes by so fast that I can hardly keep up! Love how you kep track of your accomplishments…I need to do something similar and not rely on my memory at the end of the week:O Love, love, love the fiddler’s convention and that Kei joined the ladies at the knitting club!!
Finally checking out y’alls blog again. I’m very interested in the southern lit. course you are doing, can you tell me more about how you pulled it together and exactly how you are doing it? I started reading The Mockingbird Next Door last night and that got me to thinking a southern lit. course would be so much fun. Thanks for any help…I haven’t explored your blog much yet so you may already have the info I want up…off to look around 🙂 I’m sure you know of this site already but just in case http://www.southernliterarytrail.org
It is always amazing what you and Keilee do every week. I like that she is getting to hang with knitting club. She will probably learn some things from them and they will from her. The Fiddler’s Convention sound like a lot of fun.
I love how you chronicle everything that was learned during the week, Karen. Look at everything she accomplished. I agree. Homeschooling rocks! 🙂
I think you should write up your Southern Lit and market it! I would buy it. I have no background in any of these stories and you make them come alive.
I’m off to try and track down the Alice Walker short story. You’ve made me want to read it! And since it is a short story I should be able to fit it in among the heavy duty Shakespeare we’ve got scheduled.
What a great week. I recognize the topics from CNN student news too 🙂 I still think it is great that Keilee has been able to join the knitting group. But I think the best part is that she was able to work on her novel for 3 hours instead of being forced to stop when the time for creative writing was over.
Oh, I wanna find a knitting club too! I think it’s a dying thing, you know, the younger generations aren’t learning to knit or crochet (or even sew basic stitches). I bet those ladies at the club LOVE having a young girl learning!
What a great week. I love the knitting group with wise women.
Blessings, Dawn
Gosh, you can really see how much learning happens when you write it down like that. How lovely that the knitting ladies invited Keilee to join them! I’m sure everyone is getting so much pleasure from that mix. I did laugh about pilly’s Christmas stocking! So sweet. I hope you both have a lovely weekend.
Looks like an amazing week – full, fun and rewarding!
stopping by via Friendship Fridays linky – have a fabulous weekend!
I love that you guys fill each day with fun and adventure! I love all of your photos, especially the one of Kei at Pirate Day.