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Thanks to all of you who helped get our school year off to a roaring start. I thought you may enjoy a few pics of our first day of school.
Mikayla and Zach both have great little wooden desks and chairs. The tiny size makes better use of the limited space we have, and they love having desks just their size.
Ben's "school" consists of 3 speech therapy classes everyday with Mom. Notice how his desk is a little movement-restricted. It works well, and it made a good use of the narrow space between the filing cabinet and school closet. :)
Mikayla started 2nd grade, and she is pretty excited about it. She is an avid reader and loves all the new books.
Zach started kindergarten!!! He is pretty excited to be in "real" school now, and he has done great so far. He has learned the 5 vowels and their sounds and numbers up to 8. Big stuff!
While I teach most of the subjects, Steve teaches Bible class first thing in the morning whenever he is able. That gives me a chance to get things ready for the day, and the kids love to hear Daddy tell the Bible stories and help them discuss the main point of each one.
Just like most elementary classes in the USA, we start each morning by saying the pledge of allegiance. Right now, we are saying it while looking at a picture of the American flag on my computer; but a church in TX just sent us a package that might have a small flag with a stand inside! The kids are excited about that.
Well, that gives you a glimpse of the kids at school. Thanks for praying for them and me as we start this new school year together. Teaching 3 kids is certainly a handful, but it is going well so far. We bought a set of headphones and small MP3 player so that while I am doing lessons with Mikayla, Zach can listen to classical music and do his seat work (so he is not distracted by her lessons) and vice versa. I should get a pic of that... oh well. Thanks again for your encouraging notes and your prayers!
While I teach most of the subjects, Steve teaches Bible class first thing in the morning whenever he is able. That gives me a chance to get things ready for the day, and the kids love to hear Daddy tell the Bible stories and help them discuss the main point of each one.
Just like most elementary classes in the USA, we start each morning by saying the pledge of allegiance. Right now, we are saying it while looking at a picture of the American flag on my computer; but a church in TX just sent us a package that might have a small flag with a stand inside! The kids are excited about that.
Well, that gives you a glimpse of the kids at school. Thanks for praying for them and me as we start this new school year together. Teaching 3 kids is certainly a handful, but it is going well so far. We bought a set of headphones and small MP3 player so that while I am doing lessons with Mikayla, Zach can listen to classical music and do his seat work (so he is not distracted by her lessons) and vice versa. I should get a pic of that... oh well. Thanks again for your encouraging notes and your prayers!
2 comments:
Thanks for the pictures of the kids and their classroom! I'm sure they are all great students. We are praying for the three of you and know that you are doing well in school. Keep up the good work.
As always, the pictures are great. Glad the kids are excited about school. We just had open house the other night and I met most of my new 85 sixth graders! Here is a link to our classroom blog if you and the kids would like to look.
bulldogschooldog.blogspot.com
There aren't any of the students yet as they don't come until Monday, but I'll have to get one of them saying the pledge too. Nice idea of using the computer flag!
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