New School Year

We've started our second year of homeschooling and we're all excited about what we will be learning this year.


Christopher is my eight year old third grader and is a do-it-himself quick learner. This year he is using: Exploring Countries and Cultures, Singapore Math 3B/4A, Primary Language Lessons, and Spelling Power. He is also learning cursive this year.

Matthew is my six year old kindergartener who is using the MFW First Grade curriculum. He has a July birthday and being held back because of that and not because of his learning abilities which is why he is mismatched in that way. He completed MFW Kindergarten last year and did great with it. He is also using The Complete Book of Math Grades 1-2 this year.

Gabriel is my three year old who wants to do everything his brothers do. He writes "words" all of the time, insists on sitting at the table for all of our school day writing those so-called words, but will still cry at the drop of a hat if something doesn't go his way.

Leah is my sweet little 14 month old daughter, our only girl (so far). We have to do school while she is napping which pretty much is all that is needed to describe her. She insists on being the center of attention and her favorite word at the moment is "up", as in "hold me all the time".

Here is pretty much what our schedule is turning out to be this year:
7:30-8:00 AM First Grade with Matthew, Christopher does independant school work
8:00-10:30 AM Leah wakes up, breakfast, play
10:30-12:30 PM Leah takes nap, school with Christopher
12:30 PM Lunch, play, etc

We have to finish school during Leah's nap, it's not an option. She pretty much rules our family with her screeching. Yes, we'll be working on taking away her power this year :o)

I am also due to have another baby in January 2010. The two youngest will be 19 or 20 months apart so I try not to imagine what school life will be like then :o)