Today was the first full day of having Princess of the Universe home. I did not overwhelm her with stuff, of course, but eased into the day slowly.
Joseph is getting used to having Miss Priss here all day, and let me tell you SHE IS WILD ABOUT HIM so she can be a pest where he’s concerned. I talked to her today about respecting Joseph and realizing how very good he is to her. He basically treats her like, uh, well, the Princess of the Universe. Today he read to her, and she read to him, from the The Usborne Internet-Linked Book of Knowledge
Actually I think having him help her will help him. And it couldn’t hurt her one bit to be hanging around as he studies his Japanese.
One of the things I am using with Princess of the Universe is Story Starters: Helping Children Write Like They’ve Never Written Before
We started that today. I showed Michaela the book and told her how we would work from it and she went ahead and decorated a notebook to keep her year’s worth of writings in.
I made a copy of the first story starter picture for Michaela to put into her notebook. That way, if she’s feeling really creative she can color the picture too! Also, it’s nice to be reminded of the feelings that were going on when she did her own writing from the story.
I know she will enjoy Story Starters this year! In fact, she already is. 
There are a few things yet that I need to order. I loaned out my Five In A Row Volume 4 and am hesitant to try and reel that back in due to circumstances, so I am going to order another copy of that. In the meantime I am looking at rowing How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
I also have been looking at Teaching Textbooks for math (thanks Emily) and I am planning on ordering that.
Just thought you’d like to know how our first day went. More — much more — to come.
Lynn
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Sounds like a wonderful day!
Isn’t that nice that Joseph and Princess can bond so well! They’ll have special memories throughout their lives of these times!
I can’t wait to hear more…
Michele/ivy
Sounds great, Lynn!
I don’t haveVol 4 anymore, but we do have all the books if you’d like to borrow them! Caroline loved doing that last year. She made scrapbook pages for each book. What fun!
Wow, sounds like a great first day!
I must have missed something here….
Has your Princess always been home schooled?
One of the writing tools that I used for Allie was http://www.the-private-eye.com/index.html.
I found this at the end of her 5th grade year, she went back to school in 6th so we didn’t get to explore it
as much as I would have liked….
But what we did was wonderful…..
Michele, Joseph and Princess of the Universe are natured a lot alike.
Emily, I have quite a few of the books. They are so much fun to collect!
Sheri, I feel really good about it.
Louise, I used to homeschool all the children, but I always had to work at the same time. With the addition of insurance and medical issues, we decided to put some of the children in school while some were still at home. I’ve always wanted to bring my daughter home, especially since she’s been asking to come home. I almost did not do it this year, but changed my mind at the last minute and brought her home. Life has calmed down a bit, hopefully for awhile, so why not!
Lynn