I thought it would be fun to do something similar to what Karen at Living Unabridged did, and share a bit about each of my homeschool students (she graciously said I could use her format). I’ll switch things up a bit and do youngest to oldest. 🙂
Age: 2
Grade level: Toddler
Favorite subject: Getting into his brothers’ Lego
Least favorite: Being left behind when the others go somewhere
Mad skill in: Getting covered in sand, dirt, ice cream or anything else that makes a mess
Looking forward to: Doing everything the big guys do
Strengths: Cuteness
Weaknesses: Doesn’t like to hear “no”
Favorite book: Anything Thomas the Tank Engine (but really just likes to be read to, whatever the book)
You can find him: Playing in the sandbox or with the aforementioned Lego
Age: 4
Grade level: “Preschool”
Favorite subject: Superheroes
Least favorite: Using the potty (sigh)
Mad skill in: Making Mommy feel loved 🙂
Looking forward to: Getting bigger
Strengths: Affectionate and generally co-operative
Weaknesses: Provoking his big brothers
Favorite book: The one he gave me after a little prompting was The Runaway Bunny
You can find him: Watching Spider-man re-runs or playing with his superhero collection
Age: 8 later this month!
Grade level: 3rd
Favorite subject: Math, hands-down
Least favorite: Copywork
Mad skill in: Socializing
Looking forward to: Soccer starting up again
Strengths: Good about getting his school done each day
Weaknesses: Can be a mischief-maker
Favorite book: Calvin and Hobbes 😉
You can find him: Playing with the neighbor kids every chance he gets
Age: 10, 11 in October
Grade level: 5th
Favorite subject: Science
Least favorite: Math
Mad skill in: Dreaming big
Looking forward to: Experimenting with stop-motion animation
Strengths: Creative, affectionate
Weaknesses: Can be bossy
Favorite book: (beside Minecraft and stop-motion books) George Washington’s World
You can find him: Playing Minecraft or daydreaming
Age: 13
Grade level: 8th
Favorite subject: Creative writing
Least favorite: Math
Mad skill in: Creating things with felt
Looking forward to: (Robotics) First Lego League
Strengths: quick reader, self-learner (autodidact)
Weaknesses: Has to be persuaded to leave her room and join the family once in a while 😉
Favorite book: Can’t really come up with a favorite, but really likes the Ashtown Burials series (and anything by N.D. Wilson)
You can find her: Reading, writing or creating something in her room
Hi, Anna! I love the look of your blog (it’s looks new to me but it’s been awhile!) & I can’t believe how big your children are getting!
Do u follow a traditional school year & take the summer off?
Thanks, Heather! I just moved to WordPress and changed the name a few weeks ago, so that’s why it looks different.
We school year-round, usually 6 weeks on, 1 week off and longer breaks for vacations, Christmas, etc. But a lot of new stuff, like our new Ambleside Years, will begin after Labor Day.
I love it! Thanks so much for sharing. I had no idea our kids were so similar in age. Love your daughter’s “weakness”. My oldest is like that too. She listens to audio books on her mp3 player and we’re always asking her to take them off to join in the conversation.
Thanks, Karen! 🙂
Love this and you and them 🙂
Just seeing if I can comment on the new blog. Love the profiles, which are quite accurate 😉
Yay!