Each day we start school with a journal entry. We use our journal time as a free writing exercise. I give the girls a topic to write about (except on Free For All Friday when they can choose their own topic) and they write and draw whatever they want. I don’t place time or length restrictions on them, I just allow them to work until they feel their work is complete.
These are some of the my favorites from Honeybun’s first semester of homeschooling:
I am excited to do it. I never did it before. I want to do math. And I want to do letters. And science. (on starting homeschool)
We are making a craft for Grandma and Grandma because their mommy died we are making some flowers!
If I could be any animal I would be a cat. I would eat fish and grass. I would play with other cats. I would say meow and meow. I would eat with other cats we would eat fish.
We are writing about being good listeners. I hit my brother in the face today and I promise not o do it again ever ever again I promise.
I am writing a life cycle about a human.
- First he start like a baby
- Next he is a kid
- Then he is a teenager
- Finally he is adult
- Last he is a Grampa
(this was a Free for all Friday entry!)
Turkeys Turkey don’t have fur they have feathers and if you ever see a turkey you could see a whole bunch and they run really fast.
I think a present is filled with love and hope and joy. I think they are special and sweet and filled with happiness. (another Free for All Friday entry)
Understandably, Sugarplum’s entries are more pictures and less words, but she’s come a long way!
She sounded out on her own to spell “Christmas Tree”
