I have been busy preparing for our upcoming school year. We haven’t totally taken a summer break because
- the boys and I do best with some some structure
- we love to learn
- with Sweet Pea coming in October, I know that the first month after she is born might prove difficult in sticking to a routine.
I probably have too much learning planned for our school year . . . meaning a lot of different books, but what would you expect from the woman who used to be a teacher, blogs about books, and heavily uses Paperback Swap?
I am mainly preparing for Sir Honey’s school year. I am using the curriculum from Erica over at Confessions of a Homeschooler. So . . . that means that I am doing a lot of printing, cutting, laminating, organizing, and application of Velcro dots! (I’ll share more another day!)
The Letter of the Week has a daily circle time, which I have never done at home with the boys, though it was part of my routine when I taught kindergarten. I am pretty excited to have a morning circle time, as it really is a sweet part of the school day. It will provide some structure to get our day started and teach foundational concepts that will long follow my children into adulthood – such as what day is it? What comes after Tuesday? What year is it? What is the weather like and how should I dress, etc.
Though I got distracted by looking at bathroom vanities a few days ago due to our new house having a nice one . . . I used my $25 gift certificate from CSN Stores to purchase a calendar and weather pocket chart to aide us in our morning Circle time.
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