Eva is going to be a big 1st grader this fall. I can hardly believe it! I’m getting everything ready for her to start school the first week of September. This year for History, Literature, Language Arts, Bible and Science, I decided to go with Sonlight, a literature-based curriculum that uses the Charlotte Mason approach. I was lucky enough to get it used from another home schooling mom for a fraction of the cost. One of the benefits of Sonlight is that it uses more “real” books than textbooks, and very few consumables, so most of it I can keep to use again when Amanda is ready. We’ll also be using Handwriting Without Tears and Singapore Math – our first year with a full load.
I’ve decided to go on the 4-day schedule (Tues – Fri) so that we can go to the “Monday School” co-op as our fifth day. Thankfully, the teacher’s manuals already include the option of a 4-day schedule, so I don’t have to rewrite it. I plan on signing Eva and Amanda up for ballet again, and letting them join the AWANA club on Wednesday nights now that Amanda is old enough to participate. There’s also a Saturday morning “Reading Readiness” class at the library on Saturday mornings that I’ll be taking Amanda to for a few weeks, so it promises to be a VERY busy fall!
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