School bell ringing earlier

Yes.  That's right.  I have found that instead of starting at 9am, starting a 8am makes for a much more pleasant school time.  Half-Pint seems to be more focused and more willing to do her work.  Her attitude is better and enjoys her school time.

So guess what that means??

I have to wake up consistently by 6:30am and make sure that breakfast is prepped the night before.  YIKES!  I better get on the ball!

I have also made a discovery with her Math.  Half-Pint really does well with word problems.  She can easily add 3-4 numbers and come up with the correct answer, IN HER HEAD.  But, if she sees those same numbers printed out on paper, she can't figure out where to start.  Interesting.

So, math today, was lots of fun for HP.

Farmer Boy did some maze work in his Kumon book.  He really loved it.

Little Brown Braid??  She practiced her whining.  ew

Hello out there, and welcome to the new school year!

After some consideration, I decided to separate our homeschooling posts from our (private) family blog. I have so much to say about our journey, that I am sure those who view our (private) family blog could really care less about school. So, here it is. Hopefully, I'll be able to give updates a few times per week, but you never can tell around here.

Today was our first official day of school. I woke up at 6:30am and got ready for the day, got lots of house chores done, made breakfast, vacuumed, and school started at 9am. The first hour went by great! Then, after the kids' snack break, I kinda lost 'em. I am sure I tried to cram too much into our morning. So, guess what I'll be doing tonight?

Re-working the schedule.

Yup... that's right.

Thank God we're homeschooling!!