We officially started our 2015-2016 school year this week on Monday! Schools around here don't start until September 9 so we are a little early! We will be on vacation for the second half of September. I wanted to get a routine started and get somethings going before we left. We will be taking some of our school stuff with us and we have some educational stops planned while we are gone so I am definitely counting those as 'school' days!
All 3 older kids seem pretty excited about it this year. Dia is always asking when is it her turn to work with me. We are adding in a few more things this year like more geography, history, and an actual art curriculum. I am excited, but I always get excited when it comes to new books and school supplies!
Since Addie turned 8 over the summer this is the first year I have to send in the Declaration of Intent to Provide Home-Based Instruction form. I'm glad I can just mail it in and I don't have to deal with the funny looks and questions in person.
I love it when people ask my kids what grade they are in because sometimes they don't know what to say! Addie knows she would be in third grade this year if she were in public school but the thing about home school is that you work at whatever level you need to. Addie is doing 3rd grade level writing, phonics and spelling. We started her off at 2nd grade grammar (because it's not something we focused on last year), and we are doing math all together and it's based on 1st grade.
I think Johnny will have a harder time distinguishing what grade he is supposed to be in because he never went to public school. He is doing 1st grade handwriting, math and phonics. He will also be doing analogies and mind bender puzzles with Addie. The art, history and geography are all early elementary. It should be a fun year!
Dia was so funny and kept insisting that she pose with her leg bent. Haha. Little model.
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