The Alsop Stop

 I would like to say that we hit the books so hard this week. That we were able to get so much done. I would like to say these things.... they would be a lie.We did work in every subject. We did learn new concepts. Things were good. I am just so tired with the new baby. I can't hardly sit through our school time. How am I to have my son do it?     Math -  We were in the midst of trying to learn money math. He can tell you what the different coins are and what they are worth. He understands how to count by 25's, 10's, 5's and 1's. Mixing the coins and asking him to count out how much you have or to hand you X amount is confusing to him. We have tried several different ways to help. We have had other people come and try to show him. I think that this is something that we will have to revisit in a couple of months. If you take the money part out of things, he is doing wonderful. We changed what we were going to work on once the money thing fell through. We did reviews.

   We had a busy weekend leading up to this school week. I had a baby.  Everyone was very excited.   Language Arts - We reviewed verbs, common nouns, and proper nouns.  We started in on pronouns and adjectives. He is understanding the concepts. He mixes up their names. I don't blame him. It's hard. I still struggle with remembering some of the 8 parts of speech.  He again got 100% on his spelling test. In the next couple of weeks I am going to pull words from this pasts lists for review. I love seeing how his reading has exploded since we started doing the spelling. My husband is always shocked when he flies through one of his readers.   Social Studies - We finished up on the the basics of reading a map. We will loop back to that later in the year. He understands maps. When trying to explain 2D vs 3D when making our own, he didn't love that. He wanted everything to be 3D. That frustrated him. We then started talking about things we need vs things want. Explaining the differ

   This week has been eventful. Everyone has been sick. We have been dealing with season transitional allergies, end of summer colds and RSV. Most of the kids are starting to feel better.  I get to go get Covid tested because baby is coming any minute. I also have a sinus infection that feels like it is trying to move to my ears. Good times.   School this week was good but at the same time harder than I was expecting. Logan did amazing. He was on it when able. All of his brothers were home for 3 of the 5 school days. That made things a bit tricky when he was trying to concentrate. He rocks his math. He loves all the games.         Grandma came to visit. So rather than doing a more structured day, we just reviewed things, read books and made monsters. This was good for everyone. Boys were able to spend quality time with Grandma. I was able to take a nap on the couch! Spelling is becoming less scary! I, to this day stink at spelling. I am hoping that with him learning to spell, it will e