We are going WAY tooooo slow around here. We moved in January, so that's part of it. We're also usually a little slower normally. Like I've mentioned SOW isn't exactly organized like my brain thinks. It's been hard for me to "get it" for some reason. (I know I am very slow here...) I feel bad because I find myself coming here to vent and you can see plainly the struggles I've had trying to implement it. I tend to have a difficult time with faithfulness if you can't tell. We've switched curriculums several times on a whim and it has been by miracle that I've stuck through this. But, I can see that we are finally getting to a point that we understand how it works are REALLY seeing fruit from it. It is so fun to show others what we've been learning. Each time that I question whether we are doing the right thing or not, I am renewed in my decision to SOW.
I have to tell you what happened. I got several books (including streams of civilization and Mystery of History) so I think that's where some of the confusion is coming from. I was thinking maybe I should JUST do that (because I couldn't figure out how to mix it with SOW)...big mistake! Here's the funny part. I asked my son what HE thought of SOW. He said he thought it was fun and that he was learning a lot. Almost sarcastically I asked him to name three things he'd learned. I was blown away by his answers...
1. He's learned to see all sides of things. (researching!)
2. He's learned a lot about God. He said that it was really neat that you learn what God says AND what others say about things.
3. History! Ha! Here I am thinking that I have to somehow mix in this history, but as my son proved we have been learning soo much about Israel and Genesis itself IS history!!!
I am just so ashamed. I know you all get tired of hearing from me as I battle out all of these doubts and confusions I'm facing. But, I just want to share them in case there are others out there who may be similar to me, but are a little more quiet.
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Just want to mention that we have been having a blast in school. (isn't it weird how the doubts come even when things are happening?!?) My computer is dead, so I haven't been able to update with all of the fun stuff that's been going on. We took a trip to the newspaper site the other day and had a great time learning about how newspapers are made. Then we came home and researched a little more in our encyclopedia. (That thing has been SUCH a blessing!!) What else...we've been reading lots of good books on dinosaurs, scientists, and some older fiction from the 1800's. We have some projects coming up, but I don't know if I'll be able to post. I think I'll be getting a new computer soon so if that's the case I'll have more time to post more here.
Thanks for checking in!!
We're still here and things are still happening!
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