We have enjoyed loved doing Classical. It has definitely been a new experience this year. Our Kayla Bay is in Challenge A which is 7th grade. Her teacher is fantastic, very gracious; you really know she wants the best for all the kids. Her work load is A LOT and challenging for the both of us. Yet, it is stretching us to become more diligent in our school work and me with my days at home. Kayla is doing very well learning to adjust! The Lord is blessing us tremendously, allowing all of us to make friendships that are very encouraging and that point us to what is really important (Christ), and also how to balance Home-School with everyday life. It is so neat to be a part of a group of Moms who are walking along and experiencing the same things/feelings you are as a Home-School. This has been such an aid in teaching them Classical. No matter, what I know all the kids are really going to bear fruit this year, academically but more importantly spiritually, and good character. As I stated previously in my “Growing Pains” post-I am learning to balance what the Lord has called me to. One of those things being a Home-School Mom to various ages of children. There have been times lately where I have thought-can I really do this? At times I have wanted to just send them to school. For now/today…we believe that in this season God has called us to HS. This may change one day/maybe next year, maybe not ? We shall see.
God’s grace is there to help me through. The is Lord is at work in all of us.
We are learning not to fear academics, learning boldness, learning how not fear man, doing the best we can even if we have a bad week where we didn’t get all of our work done, learning how to be faithful at home-where its been easy for us to slack back over the past years of Home-schooling.
God knows the exact areas where we really need to be stretched! He is good!
As for the boys-I do have more of a handle on what they need to do because we did the same things last year.
Carson is doing well. Though he isn’t used to the intensity of the work he has to do in Grammar-that's OK. We are working on that together and his teacher is FANTASTIC! We LOVE her! She is so encouraging to him-she wrote him a letter encouraging him and Carson was so blessed by that. It made him feel soo much better!
As for Gavin-he is doing great too! He learns very well in a teacher taught kind of setting. He learns quickly which is great because for him, I can leave him to listen and participate in class and he is fine. So that is a help so I can work with the other kids. We also work together on presentations and grammar too.
We are grateful for this time spent as a family and looking forward to seeing what God has for us in the future!
We must Press on!
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