It took us a while while to get going this year. In nine years of homeschooling, it is the first time we have ever started later than the public schools started. Normally we start a week or two or even three before, depending on how organized I am.
This year was a combination of factors, not the least of which was my preoccupation with my Mom's health. In addition to that we had the added complication of our group co-op situation changing completely. Finding ourselves completely on our own, we had to make adjustments.
One of the things I felt I HAD to get done before starting school was a good, thorough cleaning of our basement--the toys, the carpet, the upholstery. I'm not completely OCD, but I know a dirty room when I see it and it becomes depressing to me after a time. We've had a couple years of playing friends, school, family movie nights and general traffic without a sound carpet scrub and I was ready to get it spruced up. So I did. Beautifully.
Monday I was ready to roll and was surprised to discover how ready the kids were, as well. They dove back into their work with real gusto and by Wednesday I was amazed to find that we had found a nice groove already. By today (Thursday) we had our first meltdown, and well...the beginning of the school year is complete!
The 8th grader's week included grammar, latin, spelling, vocabulary, literature, algebra I, science, history, and geography, sign language, mandolin, and piano.
The 4th Grader's week was full of Math, spelling, literature, science, history, art, geography, sign language and piano.
My basement family room / school room / play room / art studio / computer lab / where we live was clean, bright, and full of life (and cats) this week. This is reason #438 to homeschool. Home is the best.
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| We usually have to negotiate with the cats for table space... |
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| see? |
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| comfy reading spot... |
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| our work desk... |
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| at the opposite end the kids have a computer that they share and a big desk which is used when more desk space is required. |
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| The kids decided to set up all the play mobile sets in the clean, open floor space! |
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| "I heard there's a zoo here?" |
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