Zachary and School

Zachary has finished 2nd grade math. Today he is starting 3rd grade math with Abeka. The beginning will be a review but we are excited about the new workbook. Third grade Abeka math really focues on Multiplication, Division, and Measurements. He already knows his 0's, 1's, most of his 2's, 5's, 10's, and 11's multiplication facts. So, we are really going to focus him memeorizing the rest of 2's, 3's, 4's, 6's, 7,' and 9's. Once Zachary has all of his multiplication facts memeorized I don't believe that we will be in the 3rd grade math book for long. He just picks up math so fast.

Starting next year Zachary will be attending Texas Virtual Academy at Southwest www.k12.com/txva. This is a public school that is virtual. This means that he will be in public school next year but he will be at home. 25% of the curriculum is delivered through the computer the rest is through textbooks at home. So, it is homeschooling and public school all in one. TXVA provides the child with a computer, a stipend for internet service, and all the textbooks and extras that the child will need. The child will be assigned a teacher and she keeps up with with the child is doing. The virtual school doesn't start till 3rd grade and Zachary will be only a 2nd grader next year per his age. But, they have agreed that they will let him enroll into 3rd grade next year. Which I don't believe will be a problem. At the end of the year Zachary will have to take the TEKS test and the CBE's from Texas Tech University and make a 70's average on 3 of the 4 major subjects to past his grade level. By doing this if we ever decide to put Zachary into the public school system here in MP he will just transfer from TXVA to MP. MP school district will have to except the transfer b/c it is from one public school to another. They will also have to accept what every grade Zachary is in.

Update

Ok, there is a lot to update. The biggest update is that my big computer is dead. This is the computer that I downloded all the pictures I take. So, I can't add pictures right now and I have some interesting ones. So, no pictures till the big computer get fixed.

Guest
We had an interesting visitor the other day. Our dog was barking so we went outside to see who was at our house that early 7:00am. We got outside and discovered our dog had ran a racoon up to the roof of our shed. It was really interesting to see a racoon that close up. I took some really neat pictures of this visitor.

Brooke
Brooke has started standing up by herself without holding onto anything. We are thinking that she may be walking in the next 4 weeks.

Business
I have also closed down my company www.AbundantCrosses.com. The company that was hosting the website was charging me $30 a month and I wasn't bringing in enough money to cover that. I may bring the website back up later but with a different hosting company. Right now I am in the process of building a website for Titus County CARES. Once this is finished which I am hoping by tomorrow I will start on an old business of mine. I make flashcards and then sell them as .pdf files. I have partnered with www.CurrClick.com and they will sell my products along with my website. Right now you can preview and purchase at www.DiscountedMontessoriFlashcards.com but coming soon will be www.MontessoriCards.com.

Slow Fade Video

This song is so true.