We started school way back in August. The last week of August. I was too excited to get started so I started early. I also started early because every two weeks we take a day off. Plus we are going on a week long vacation in late October. The perks of homeschooling.
The kids were also excited to get started. I still had my summer boy (I watched my friend’s little guy this summer) and was so curious about how homeschool works. He was just as excited as my kids. He even told his Mom he wanted to come here for school.
Maxwell! Age 3! Max will be working on colors… he knows most of them but he struggles with White/Yellow. He flips them a lot. Letters. Writing his name. He has perfected the “x” and the two “l” in his name. Numbers. Counting. Memorizing. Scissor cutting. Coloring. He will be doing “school” for about an hour to two hours a day.
I have to be sneaky with Max. He is very much boy and sitting still is not his idea of fun. And learning – no way. So I have to get real creative with him. He is also kind of lazy. If a project/activity gets too long or hard he is outta here. He is also just three so I don’t push it.
Miss Mallory! Age 5! Kindergarten!! She will be working on penmanship. math skills. reading. memorization. reading comprehension. arts and crafts. She does school about 3-4 hours a day.
Her strengths so far are math. She has figured out addition all on her own. She likes math a lot. She also has a killer memory! Which is wonderful but it can hurt her when she is reading because she will memorize a story… instead of reading the words. Of course arts and crafts are super fun for her too. She has some hidden drawing talent that I am very excited to watch grow. There was a picture hanging up in the basement (that she drew and hung up) and I looked at it and said, “Mallory, is that Doc McStuffin?” She said, “Yup!” It was pretty impressive! So impressive that I knew who it was without having to ask her who she drew! Maybe she got some of Grandma Connie’s drawing talent!!
As of right now we are about 6 or 7 weeks into homeschooling. I can honestly say I love it. It is so much fun. The kids like it. They never complain or whine when I say “Time for school” and we go down to the school room. They eagerly ask “What do we get to do today.”
My favorite part is the lesson planning and prep work! Love that! It takes me forever… but I am pretty hardcore about it! Right now it is taking me about 10-12 hours to plan two weeks. The curriculum I picked for this year has a ton of printing and prep work. I really don’t mind it though (when I have the “free” time to work on it).
I have gone from reading parenting and food blogs to reading homeschooling blogs… and being addicted to the teachers pay teachers website!
I am already plotting and planning the grades to come!
