When is a Blog a Plog & Our School Day

No, I don't think Plog is a word. Web-log=blog. Photo-log=Plog. That's my thinking. And along those lines, I was just looking around to see what I could photograph to include in my post. There's the crockpot, cooling with homemade turkey broth. Or the large stack of library books sitting on the kitchen table, waiting for our trip to the library. Or there's the backyard, with the flattened, reclaimed garden area. Ooh, I could grab a photo of the notes I took at Round Table this morning.

And then I had to stop. I don't want a photograph. I don't want to take the 'perfect' photo for the this post, then upload it to Picmonkey so I can tweak it more to make it better. I'm sure I could pin the post if I had a photo, or those on Facebook might get more interested in reading it if they see an image attached to the link. But, honestly, I don't really care. 

I seem to be digressing in this technologically advancing world. I want more simple. My cell phone {yes, I still prefer a cell phone to a land-line} doesn't even have a camera. It is a cheapo flip phone. And it suits me just fine. 

Someday I won't even have internet at home {gasp!}. Someday.

But for now, here's my post on our school day. I record it for my benefit and for those who care to read or those who are looking for ideas or assurance that they aren't the only ones {"only ones" that good, bad, or otherwise things happen in their school day}.

Round Table! I like, I like! I won't say it's become habit yet because I'm sure there will be a day that I just won't want to make the kids gather at the table. Will they be there on their own? I don't know. No, it's not a habit yet.

• Hymns- We sang only parts of three because Lee and Fox have sore throats {Fox is actually 'sick' but Lee has a new molar causing some discomfort}. "I Will Praise Him", "More About Jesus", and "Rock of Ages"
• Folk Song- On Ilkla Moor Baht'at. Lee has to keep us in tune. I'm still looking for another one; one that is connected to one of the time periods being studied by at least one of the kids' for school. 
• Presidents- got through the first 7 {of which I personally at this moment can only name 5- George Washington, ?, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, ?, Andrew Jackson} edited: I just had to look; I missed John Adams and John Quincy Adams! 
• Reading of the Declaration of Independence. We read the rest of it and talked about those who signed.
• Fox shared a drawing he did and then talked about how he draws hands. Lee has always struggled with drawing hands and feet. 
• Habits- I think we've done well. Fox 'tested' me yesterday to see if I would check on his work and not just assume it was done right. I passed *wink*. That is one thing we've been working on. They must do what is expected, and I must check to make sure they have. Otherwise, they don't always do what they are supposed to and I don't make them since I don't check!
• Closed with prayer.

Since it is Wednesday, the kids' schedules are a bit lighter. Fox has Young Marines and there is prayer meeting on Wednesday's. I'm not sure if either of those will happen tonight since none of us are feeling quite well. They worked well on their independent subjects {which I'm not going to record this post} and we worked outside earlier in the day on reclaiming the garden area. We finished our together subjects of Chemistry and ASL, and then the school day was finished. Chores and all were done by 2 pm. It just occurred to me that today was about 6 hours of school. The kids get up at 7:30 and start their 'school day' really. They read their Bible, which for us is a school subject. We went right into Round Table, which covered other areas that fall under 'school'. Then they did their other subjects -including Home Ec- and were done by 2 pm.

In between 'teaching' times, I've been working on the Term 1 exams for Y8 and Y10. Since I wiped out all the files, other than what I thought to save, from my computer, I don't have any Y8 exams from when Lee went through that year. I'm very appreciative of AO! On the website are complete exams but also on the forum is a spot for asking questions about exams, offering suggestions, and other questions to put on the exams. 

I might share the questions for the exams here, if they are different than what is on the AO site. 

And now, I must go deal with the cooled turkey broth in the crockpot and then start dinner.