{"id":2724,"date":"2009-09-12T11:36:47","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T18:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2724"},"modified":"2009-09-12T11:36:47","modified_gmt":"2009-09-12T18:36:47","slug":"2-weeks-down-34-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2724","title":{"rendered":"2 weeks down, 34 to go!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, we&#8217;ve done two weeks of school for J2 &amp; J3&#8230;.one week for J1.\u00c2\u00a0 So far it&#8217;s been more positive than negative and that&#8217;s good!\u00c2\u00a0 Every little bit helps!<\/p>\n<p>We start our day with Bible &#8211; we are viewing videos from Goodseed International &#8220;Stranger on the Road to Emmaus&#8221; and we are praying together.\u00c2\u00a0 A really nice way to start our day.<\/p>\n<p>Then the younger boys start with their handwriting (just a page a day &#8211; so it doesn&#8217;t involve me too much) and J1 starts his work.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;s doing pretty well working independently but he can call, email or IM his teacher if he&#8217;s stuck and I can&#8217;t help him.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of his work is answered right on the computer.\u00c2\u00a0 Which he seems to really enjoy and Jen (his teacher) can check that night so he gets pretty quick feedback.\u00c2\u00a0 So far he&#8217;s concentrated on his core subjects (English, Math, PE &amp; Science) and his electives are sort of being ignored.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;ll see Jen again on Monday morning so we&#8217;ll see if he gets in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m finding it hard to be supportive but not mother him too much.\u00c2\u00a0 I admit I&#8217;ve checked his work a bit, but I have to remind myself that it&#8217;s not really my job.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see how this evolves.<\/p>\n<p>For the other boys, we have been doing the core subects (handwritng, math, spelling, PE &amp; reading) and next week we will add History and Science. 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