We are the Alexander Family. Mark, Kathy, Zachary, Belly (cat) and Pepper (dog) will all be represented here through stories and pictures.
We moved to Mt. Pleasant from Coppell (suburb of Dallas) about 9 months ago. We bought Mark's grandmother's house. It is a big beautifly 2 story house. We are starting to redo the Kitchen and the master bath. I will take pictures and keep you updated on the changes. I also want to redo the master bedroom, Zachary's bedroom, the sun room, the well actually I'd like to redo the entire house.
Mark has moved his company Superior Mortgage Service to Mt. Pleasant; www.superiormortgagetx.com. His business is growing with the help of David Witherspoon. I am responsible for all computer related issues at the business. The office is right across from Glynn's Western Wear which is owned and operated by Mark's parents.
I am in the process of redesign my old website and Mark's business website. My new website will have a new name called www.EducationalPantry.com. I will continue to sell the 3-part flashcards that are inexpensive in a .pdf format. I will be adding other items that people can purchase. I also started taking up painting I will try to download pics of my paintings. Mark wants me to start making soap too. We found some soap at Central Market and Mark loves it and wants me to try and make it. We'll see how this turns out. I am also homeschooling our son, Zachary.
We have decided to place Zachary into public school in Aug. only if certain things fall into place. We want him to get into EC Brice school (we are currently in Corprew). We are also going to request that Zachary take the tests needed to skip Kindergarten. So, if all these things fall into place Zachary will be in PS this Aug. If not we may decide to continue to homeschool.
Zachary is doing great in his studies. I will blog alot about Zachary so get ready! Zachary is a gifted child. He tested into the gifted range when he was 4 yrs old. His achievement scores placed him in 1st grade pretty much across the board at 4 yrs old. Zachary was reading words and 2 years old and read his 1st book at 3. He counted to 100 b4 he turned 2. Now, at 5 years of age Zachary is still ahead of his age peers. He is currently working on a 1st/2nd grade level for most subjects. Here is a list of what we are currently using:
- Abeka 2nd grade math
- Harcourt Science 3rd grade
- The Little Red Writing Book
- K12.com History Kindergarten
- Abeka language 1st grade
- Scott Foresman Social Studies "All Together" 1st grade
- Mad Libs Junior
- Fun Devotionals for boys "Gotta have God"
- Modern Curriculum Press Spelling Workout A
- Spanish
- Think-a-doodles
- Abeka Reading Enrichment books
Curriculum we will start:
- Apologia Exploring Creation with Astronomy (is ordered and will start as soon as we get it and drop Harcourt Science)
- Story of the World Vol. 1 (already have this and will start when we finish K12.com Histroy)
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We will continue homeschooling till he goes to PS. When school starts we will cut out a lot of what we have been doing. But, I do see us still working a few subjects at home. Zachary is a child that has a huge thurst for knowledge. We only plan on keeping him in PS for a year and then we will start back homeschooling him. We figure that he is ahead of his peers and that he will continue to learn on this fast pace of his and PS will not be able to handle him.
Well, this should be a good start for now! I'll try to post as often as I can.
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