One of my favorite sites for homeschooling is The Homeschool Lounge. It's been a great resource for support and ideas over the last year, and they are having a Homeschool Open House!
I'm anxious to see all of the ideas and tips that others share, and I thought i'd add a little bit about what we'll be doing this year.
Wyatt is starting 2nd grade and Natalie is starting Kindergarten! So exciting for all of us! We love to school at home, even though we do have days that it's a fight to get much done. For the past 2 years I focused mainly on getting Wyatt's work done, but including Natalie wherever we could. We have a school room and they each have a desk, and we have a craft table to work at as well.
This year i'm going to have to work out a routine to get both kids' individual lessons done, as well as some 'group' time. We'll be learning history and science together, and then they will each get individual time on Math and Phonics/Reading/English. Oh, and throw in some playtime with Mason and we'll have a pretty busy morning!
Our goal is to have school done by lunchtime so that we can enjoy the rest of the day doing fun things. Not that school isn't fun, right???
We use Bob Jones for the majority of our curriculum, and we supplement with lots of other books and crafts, etc. I try to keep things as fun as possible so that both kids will be really motivated to learn.
Wyatt and Natalie both want to be taught at home. Natalie did have a short time that she said she wanted to go to school, but when it came down to it she changed her mind quickly! Wyatt has never wanted to try public school, and i'm thankful to have avoided the battle so far!
We plan to officially start the last week of August, but every day Natalie has been asking to start so maybe we'll jump in a little sooner! When we do i'll be sure to post pictures from our first day!
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Stopping by from the Homeschool Open House. It's great that they are so excited about school. I love your crafty button can I copy it for my sister?
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