November 11,2018

Homeschooling
11:10pm
Sunday

After the busy weekend, I slowed down the pace for today’s homeschooling.

At the end of the day, I distributed the virtue, health and allowance points system charts.

We got a bit of a snag in the first.

In the name of accountability, I reviewed each virtue and I told them where I failed and how I exhibited a particular virtue.

Then, I asked my first born to do the same.

I met a stone wall in the process. She refused to do as I did. She simply said, check for every item she feels she practiced today.

I tried to tell her that she has to support her claim and that we would agree or not.

No budge.

She wanted her baby sister to go first.

We first tried doing this system last Wednesday when her baby sister was sick with fever, thus she was exempted. This would have been her first attempt, thus, making her go first was not what I had in mind.

Tick Tock…

I didn’t push it.

Called it a night.

I hope to do better tomorrow.

Perhaps, we could discuss the meaning of each virtue and find how they could have been applied to a particular situation.

We shall further see tomorrow.

Novermber 6,2018

November 6,2018

11:20

My first born did a lot of chores today. She owes me several writing tasks tomorrow to make up for today.

We reviewed all the art projects, poem and song she has made  for this school year. We graded some of them.  We still have to tackle Music and P.E.  I have to hear her 2 ukelele  and one piano piece. She is working on River Flows in You by Yiruma. What a beautiful piano song!

 She has yet to show me the 18 Shibashi steps and some basic self defense moves.

Marcelina kept asking if she gets additional points for doing her tasks greatly. I gently reminded and clarified to her that doing her duties and responsibilities diligently is the reward in itself. Doing other stuff like being polite and good natured, no bickering with her sister or screaming or yelling when she does not get her way , going the extra mile are the things that will get her to earn brownie points.

I hope this plus and minus system of their allowance works. Ever since we started it, I have tried not to give them deductions yet. I want to focus on the good first and help them generate more good points first.

Quite tough especially when they dilly dally in the obedience department.

Praying for more graces and strength.

Homeschooling Blog November 5,2018

November 5,2018

10:56pm

All is quiet in the house except the keyboard strikes that I make.

I want to share some updates about our homeschooling journey so far. My first born Marina is soon to finish her 8^th grade with 3 more Saxon Math tests and I just have to finish  grading her final English 8 research paper.

Initially, I was encouraging her to write about Young Entrepreneurs. Then, I was really strongly suggesting to her to research about the latest Canadian Law on Cannabis. She countered with  the negative. She preferred to tackle homeschooling. I was like, What?

Anyway, she had the last say, and she is now working on the bibliography of her topic: Saint Catherine Laboure.

She was happy to announce to her sibling that I gave her a tentative 90%  with a promise of increasing the grade if she is fully done.

My youngest, Marcelina , will finish her 2^nd grade hopefully by January 2019. She just got a reward from her dad for being able to tell the time correctly after like several weeks of challenge.

I intend to focus on her multiplication table mastery so she can tackle division.

She has to improve on her penmanship and paragraph writings. She was happy to make revisions on her work today with different kinds of sentence. She was full of gusto to work with exclamation sentences.

I was propelled to write again my 3 different blogs, bible reflections, fit and fab journey to 50 and homeschooling after reading my favorite blogger Joy Mendoza of Teach with Joy. I just learned she is pregnant with her 6^th child.

She is writing more with raw and brutal honesty regarding handling conflicts with her husband and handling children bickering and rivalry and being tired and stressed and feeling inadequate.

Each and every time I read her blogs, I get so empowered and inspired to continue my kindred journey with much faith, hope and love in my heart to do the things I do while remembering the whys.

I continue to pray for her, her safe and healthy pregnancy and delivery, her children, her husband, family and friends and advocacies. May our good Lord continue to bless her abundantly and powerfully.