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monday.
The boys are home safe and sound, and we hit the ground running today: 1. We started school! David and I sat down last night to have a look at Week One (there is really almost zero prep work . . . everything is planned out for you), then this morning, after swim class, we gathered in the school room for our first day. It was brief and simple and involved mostly reading books aloud, and my heart just melted watching David cuddled in the Reading Corner with our kids. 2. Priya came back to us after a week off, and boy, am I ever happy! 3. David had his…
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an exciting day.
It’s an exciting day in our house . . . Our first homeschooling curriculum package arrived! I really have no idea how it got here so fast, since I ordered it less than two weeks ago . . . but I’m not complaining. I should back up a bit . . . the last time I posted about homeschooling, I don’t think I was anywhere near deciding on a curriculum. Two things made me choose Sonlight. 1. I just wasn’t doing a good job of piecing together a plan for Judah on my own. I mentioned before that in the busyness of our lives right now, homeschool-preschool was getting pushed…
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things that make me happy right now: homeschooling.
A week of my favorite things . . . Hmmm. Okay, let’s be honest, maybe a better title for this post is: “Things that make me happy right now: the idea of homeschooling.” I am growing, more and more, to love the idea of homeschooling, and to feel certain that it’s the right thing for our family in this season. So . . . I’m having a little trouble managing all the priorities in my life just now. But I’m enjoying the effort—in some ways, being more busy, not less, is a great motivator for me. And at least they’re fun priorities. Homeschooling typically seems to be first to go. …
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school.
It is January second of a brand new year. The Christmas tree is packed away and the new toys organized and the last of the endless sweets are finally disappearing. With the holidays over, I find myself happy to settle into the rhythms of ordinary life, and to look ahead to all that this new year will hold. The biggest change, now that our new routine is falling into place, is that Judah is home with us in the mornings. We had every intention of finding a new preschool in our new neighborhood. We just wanted to give him a break for November and December, time to adjust to yet…