School Started

We started school yesterday. It went ok. Katie has done a few pages of Adventures in Phonics A, Coloring, and counting. She also has My Big Sticker Dictionary which she really likes. You read the pages which are set up like a dictionary and then add the sticker for each word. Ana is following along with that and also with the counting and coloring. She already says her abc's and counts to about 12. They have gotten out their Thomas the Tank Engine tracks/trains so that keeps them busy also.
Thomas has a hard time with math but he did very well today!! He did word problems which he likes. He enjoys his Prima Latina and Lingua Angelica. We are going to do SOTW 2 today.
Becca started her studies and she has volunteered at a nursing home. She goes 3 times a week. Now she did ask me to find out about volunteering at the YMCA. I believe, if you do that, you can use the facilities for free. I'm going to call today to find out. Maybe she could do the nursing home 2 times and the Y 1 or 2 times a week. We will see.
I started doing my house work at night. Putting the dishes away, filling the dishwasher, laundry and vaccuming (has to be done every day at least twice because of the dog hair). I'm also going to start making the lunches at night. That is if we have something like sandwiches.

I have neglected my reading so I have to get myself on track.

These are pictures of the dictionary Katie likes and the tabletop pocket chart which I found at W-mart. It was cheap...around $6 -$7. I have another with the alphabet. Each also have the cards with pictures on them to match with numbers and letters. I have seen charts like these for over $15. That is way to much money.