We had co-op this morning. I'm teaching the preschool class this year so I can keep Evan in line. Technically, Evan should be in the kindergarten class but I know he'd never go for the sit down, listen to directions and do what everyone else is doing atmosphere. He's a free spirit (to put it nicely). So, he's still in the preK class and I get to be his teacher. Teaching PreK is, um, challenging. Last semester the class was mostly four year olds and that was fun. But this semester, my beloved four year olds have moved up to the K class and been replaced with a ton of three year olds. I love three year olds just as much as you do, but I love them one at a time. Three year olds do not have much of an attention span and they think the whole world belongs to them, not to the other three years olds currently playing with whatever they want. They are cute though... can't deny that! You know... from a distance or one at a time. ;)

Prior to co-op, when I was sane, school was going smoothly.

We've entered a new era in Science. Biology is done for now. I'm skipping the plant lessons until spring. We started a study of energy this week. We're going to explore physics, chemistry, and astronomy for a while. Ryan is not happy with the change. He really likes animals. I think he'll like this too once we get past the introductory lessons. We did a little experiment yesterday with ice water and boiling water to see how long it would take them to reach the same temperature. I'm looking forward to doing more experiments rather than just reading about animals.

We've been working on dictionary skills for Language. They've been alphabetizing their spelling words and looking up homonyms. Ryan hates that too! LOL