More yarning with Ginny...
I'm still working on the yellow lace shawl Omelet this week, but now with just 10 rows left on the chart B repeats. We're going to be in the car a lot over the holiday weekend so I'm attempting to finish up chart B and maybe even chart C on the trip.
My reading stack? Packed full with first grade materials for the upcoming school year. Everything is either here or on its way to us, and Ender has been really excited as each box has come our way. I've already divided everything into terms, but I still need to turn those divisions into lists for each week that are actually useful.
I've been struck this week by how differently homeschoolers can see different curriculum. I think Writing With Ease
is going to prove to be just the pace I'm looking for to introduce Ender to writing- not too much writing to start out with, but steadily growing with time. A homeschooling family in the studio saw my copy out on the table and asked about it, noting that they used it for awhile but put it aside because they thought it too slow. Slow is exactly what we are looking for for my son who will be a fresh 6-year-old in the fall, but not such a good fit for other families. I'm so thankful for the variety of materials available now!Hunger Games
was in my stack last week but it went quickly and I really loved it! Now I'm waiting for the other two books in the trilogy to come my way from the library.
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your shawl is looking great!
ReplyDeleteawesome! I love yellow - it's the best color to knit with :) so bright!
ReplyDeleteI wish I was brave enough to try something with lace pattern...
I love refresh homeschool books. I need to start our planning for next year as we finish this year on Friday.
ReplyDeleteI loved the Hunger Game Trilogy. My son read them twice.
The pattern in the shawl looks very intricate. Can't wait to see it finished. Enjoy the pace of your homeschooling journey. There certainly isn't a rush if we have our whole lives to learn. We don't homeschool but my eldest goes to a Steiner/Waldorf school and it is very slow in the first few years which means they all understand what is going on and no one gets left behind. Jacinta
ReplyDeleteI love the shawl.... we also homeschool and use WWE and Story of the World. Looks like we have a lot in common. I found you through The Yarn Along - so glad I did!
ReplyDeleteI have been meaning to read Hunger Games!
The yellow is such a happy colour - it made me smile. Enjoy your trip away and that wonderful stack of books. Katie x
ReplyDeleteLove lacy shawls, but haven't dared a lace pattern yet!
ReplyDeleteWe used WWE this year. It was good and affordable for beginning writers, but we have switched to something else this for next year, as the boys began to find it too repetitive. Still, I think it is a very good intro to writing.
That shawl looks fantastic! Can't wait to see the finished project. I too have started looking at the next school years work...crazy to think about!
ReplyDeleteThe shawl continues to look better each time I see it :D
ReplyDeleteYour shawl looks beautiful. We have some of the same homeschooling books.
ReplyDeleteYour shawl looks beautiful! I love the color.
ReplyDeleteWWE is one of my favorite books. We don't always use it, and we don't use the workbook. But, I love how it keeps us going and helps all of us figure out what we need to be doing with writing. It is really helping our writing phobic boys.
Wow! Look at that gorgeous shawl! I love the colour. I really should do something in yellow.
ReplyDeleteThe shawl is coming along nicely.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the new school year!
Oh you are so organized! I'm thinking about next year but not sure what I'm going to be doing...We love the History of the World! I bought the cds on Amazon and the kids (and adults) love listening to them when we travel.
ReplyDeleteI do love your beautiful yellow - and that certain nearly-four-year-old would, too!
I can't wait to see the shawl finished... I think the yellow is growing on me!
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