8th September, 2008
Well, I guess we are on week 3 or 4??
Not super sure, LOL! Last week was a short week, two days of schooling really. Monday being a holiday and for some reason life got in the way of Thursday and Friday…
I did find a great puzzle for Jack-Jack at the Goodwill for $2! Still in shrink wrap 
Of course our D is already missing, but I am sure it will turn up.
We have been focusing on keeping our living area (playroom excluded for the moment) neat and tidy. So everyone has been pitching in to help pick up toys, put our dishes in the sink and generally keep the place picked up so it won’t be such an effort to keep it clean. So far so good, 
On Saturday at Scouts we were blessed to have a guest speaker, a Master Falconer! She brought out a Great Horned Owl and a Peregrine Falcon for the scouts to see, and she talked all about how they fly, hunt, live and such. It was really fun, and we learned a LOT.
We are waiting impatiently for our caterpillars to arrive. Danielle got a Butterfly habitat for her birthday, and we have sent off for the caterpillars. She is so excited to have more living things to add to our ever growing zoo! I am thinking we might branch out into hermit crabs or something similarly small and contained after we release our butterflies.
So, that’s all for now from the Gist Academy. I will try to update again soon, and maybe, just maybe my kids will put on clothes long enough to take some actual pictures!!
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8th September, 2008
Week 2 completed ;)
And it went okay. Still fighting, but the new schedule seems to be motivation enough to keep the pouting and tantrums to a minimum. At the end of the week she has 15 out of 20 stickers and got a prize from her box. (a little plastic dressable Sleeping Beauty doll).
Jack-Jack got a new game, it’s a matching farm animals game. The animals break into two pieces, and hide under hay stacks. He likes playing that a lot. And we got Pooh Bear matching flash cards, which he’s been having fun playing with.
I am going to start him on simple letter of the week coloring pages, to get used to seeing letters. He also sits in on our ASL lessons, and signs along.
Speaking of, I am loving the new book I got from the library, Sign to Learn, and so far I am really enjoying it’s lesson planning ideas! I have to buy a copy for myself 
Up till now we’ve been watching Signing Times videos, practicing our fingerspelling, and putting together sentances for ASL lessons, but having something more planned out would be nice.
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