Now that we're a few weeks into school, I thought I would update with how things are going.  We eased into things, starting out with just over 2 hours a day, with plenty of activities, but also getting into the structure of "we do school at the table in the other room, we do these things every day" and so on, and the boys have gotten used to that really quickly. Hannah will usually play independently in the same room, or work at the smaller kids table that's next to the homeschool table.  She … [Read more...]

  Now that I've shown you our curriculum choices, here's what a typical weekly schedule will be.  Except for when things pop up, as they often do.  But this is the baseline, at least... Daily, with the goal of doing most of these in the morning: Bible Time (devotion, On My Heart, hymns) Calendar Time Math (Jonah) Math (Matthew) Reading (Jonah) Letter of the Week (Matthew) Read Aloud picture books I'll probably read aloud from the chapter books over snack or … [Read more...]

I've had most of our curriculum chosen for quite awhile, but since I'm finally done with my lesson planning, I figured I would share it.  Everything is for both Jonah (Kindergarten) and Matthew (Pre-K), unless otherwise noted. Bible Time: Okay, I lied.  This one we still haven't fully decided what we're doing.  For now, we're keeping it to our daily devotion time (which we're using this book for), and we're 3 devotions away from starting over, so that coincides pretty perfectly with school … [Read more...]

One of Jonah's favorite ways to learn is by using toys. We make our letter of the week with Legos, and we often use cars for counting.  This week we took that to another level by combining counting with shapes. I used painters' tape to make several of the shapes we have already learned on the floor.  (As far as I know and have experienced, painters' tape does not damage carpet in any way, but please test it out yourself before you make too many lines/shapes) Then we put the same number … [Read more...]