Update on our Interactive Notebooks

We started them this morning. I intended for the boys to mostly write brief outlines of most of their books, but they insist that the process won't be any good unless they write it all. They don't want to forget anything. So school took a LOT longer. Actually, it didn't get finished today.

I suggested to J, who hasn't ever done much writing, that he dictate and let me write some of it (about half) for him. He said no, he wants to do it himself. "I really want to improve my spelling, and this will help me."

"But you'll be spending an hour more on school every day! It's not easy for you to keep up now; it'll be impossible if you're going to spend so much time writing."

"That's okay, I'd rather end up having a couple of my school books carried over to read over the summer, and get better at spelling."

I guess Charlotte Mason was right, kids really do want to know. I remember using every excuse I could to avoid schoolwork when I was younger.