Day 2ish?

Wailing. Gnashing of teeth. Rending of garments...

The first part of the day was good. But we had a guest and the cleaning ladies were coming and organized school with lesson plans really weren't in the cards.

We were playing Eurorails and the kids were working on their own to figure out reading the map (sometimes we help) and calculate the best advantage of routes and payoffs.

Then we dug out our spelling words in order to play a matching game and create some study aids.
All good stuff. But now I'm still wanting my weekend preparation and digging out Havoc's spelling words is harder than I thought it would be and...

Yeah, same old same old.

As soon as I had that sorted enough to move on, it was time for lunch and our "recess" (read as kids, spend 30 minutes outside!)
OK
and then the wailing began. Suffice it to say, that excitement about school they were feeling as the boxes upon boxes arrived has evaporated in the light of spelling lists and math facts and essays.

We all had a long talk about school and the things they preferred about Edgewood Elementary, the teachers, the kids, the classroom. And it was very productive. Perseph loved the visual lessons her teacher presented and the fact that her math book was a workbook as well. That's too bad as a fourth grade math book is almost never a workbook and this particular curriculum is the only self paced one for this school. However, I think we can make things more interactive. Assuming I get a handle on lesson planning!
We have friends who can act as emissaries to friends at school whose numbers we didn't catch. Arranging outings and inviting friends over should be simple once we rectify those situations.
None of their concerns are very difficult and in general, everybody is ok with working with me to make this all work.

I just really liked the kids saying "When can we start school!!!!!!"