Schooling

We are doing very well with the sitting down in the morning and doing 'schooling'. We are having our weekly spelling lessons, daily math, and daily vocabulary lessons for F that he copies from the free rice game online. He also uses the site to practice his math, it has all levels and he likes earning 'free rice' for donations. We are starting the rest of the subjects next week. I would like to read some history daily as well as get some science in a few times a week. We always study some form of natural Science as far as birds, animals, trees and our surroundings but I would like to have sit down study with science books as well for all three kids.
J is doing very well with the spelling and reading, she told me that she would like to read the big people books, not the little kid books with the pictures because they distract her and show her what the words are by the pictures they have. OK, so she tried reading from one of my books and she was able to read with help, 2 sentences. She is very good at sounding the words out but still needs help. I am seeing how much she has grown in the last year. We will be beginning book #5 of the magic tree house series and she will be reading some from there as well as any other books she is interested in reading.
The kids are still going to be playing soccer on Thursdays as long as the weather is okay and I will be taking them in the mornings to play tennis now that school is back in session and we can have the park to ourselves...

Labor day Monday we spent with my mother in S.I. we drove there in the morning, I made Canadian potato salad, I finally found the recipe after searching for months... then we drove to the beach. It was a cool day so the kids just dug in the sand and only put their feet in the water. They all had a great time building a ditch with their father, looking for sea glass and other shells and enjoying the beautiful day.