Home Schooling flunky

Given our abrupt relocation to DC we have opted to finish kindergarten at home over plunking Ngila in the first school we find that will take her. I am finding this quite challenging as I discover home schooling done well is so much more than a few worksheets here and there. A whole philosphy for living really, and not something you can just jump into. I am encouraged by the fact that Ngila is only 5 and kindergarten is not required for entering Grade one, so it doesn't really matter what we do over the next few months. So we are working on music, and art and music and art and occasionally activities with a more academic focus.

Beatrix is also attending Mrs. Stone's class, which makes the whole thing quite hilarious. She has the attention span of a gnat. (If gnats have very short attention spans). One of Ngila's favorite things about Rutherford School was kindercooking, I figured we could easily manage to continue that but who needs loads of baking around the house.

So we have stepped it up a bit, the girls have taken a liking to Guy's Big Bite, on the food network (it falls during Mommy's coffee time, and they have discovered "can we watch the food network together" -is pretty much the only way to get mommy to turn on the TV) so yesterday I suggested we watch the show and then try to make whatever we saw for supper. The girls thought it was a great plan. So what did Guy make? Well spaetzl, from scratch, mid way through the episode I was regretting my suggestion. Fresh pasta with the help of a 3 and 5 year old?

The girls had a great time and were very proud to show-off their labors for Daddy, Ngila wrote out a menu, and we added our own roasted cherry tomatoe crustini for good measure. Good times, but I think we will make it only a weekly event, the tiny chefs disappeared when things really got hairy!