Phoenix

So I had intentions of the boys going to school this week and then starting at home next week after Brandon came home but after heartwrenching cries from Phoenix I decided to not send him back. So here is our schoolwork for today.

I let Phoenix choose a story from the Bible and instead he chose one of the "explanation pages". (for this week since he is so sensitive already I am going to let him lead as much as possible) It was telling about the Minor Prophets and how they had to do some hard things by telling people God was angry and would punish them. Phoenix did most of the reading but didn't narrate very well so I decided to let him write a story using the words ANGRY, PUNISH and FORGIVE.

When I asked him to read the finished story to me he looked terrified and said "What if it's not good enough". My poor baby!!! He reads his stories to me all the time but I think because he thinks this is "school work" he is afraid of failing!

As I am not at all certain where he will be in math due to not only him being in school but also to him being in a school where Math is taught very differently so for today I am having him do worksheets from several different chapters in "The Complete Book of Math" so I can see what he knows and doesn't know.

We have an old reading comprehension book that we are going to do some pages in this as well to make sure he comprehends as well as he reads.

Later today we might read a book together and then he will go to the shop with me.

It will be a light week as I don't want to start the work I have planned for the boys as I would have to do it again in a week and Phoenix and I bore easily.

It is funny that this happened as this morning I was having a bit of a fit over whether or not I was really prepared for this!!!

God works.