One of the many things that I have come to enjoy here in
Uganda is homeschool with the kids. It
definitely is a challenge at times, having 4 kids with different needs all at
one time, but it has given me a chance to see what they are each gifted with,
as far as scholastics are concerned.
With Pierce I usually try to do the basics of
preschool, practicing his alphabet, counting (both in English and Luganda),
colors, etc. With Karson, I have a full
second grade curriculum from Sonlight, which Hadlee and Everett both sit in on
for history, bible and science. Then the
three older kids break for individual work on math, reading, handwriting,
spelling and language arts, for their individual grade. So far this has worked for us and as Pierce
gets older I will probably separate them two and two.
In history we have been studying the Vikings Era. Sonlight does a great job in tying all
subjects together for one theme. This
past week however, I had to jump ahead in time and have an impromptu history
lesson with Karson.
He had taken some computer paper and a stapler and
disappeared to work on a creation of his own.
He was so excited to share this creation with me, but when he walked
into my room for the big reveal, my facial expression greatly disturbed
him. I couldn’t hide my thoughts and it
really confused him. He had done a great
job on creating a mask and hood. This is
what he walked in looking like………..
Needless to say, to help explain my look, we got on the
computer and had a little history lesson.
I found an image of the KKK where he would see that his mask looked
exactly what they used to wear and why it might come as a slight shock to see
my little boy wearing it. He decided his
just needed a new color!
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