One Month Down

Well my kids and I officially survived our first full month of homeschooling. Public schools here didn't actually start until August 11th, but we decided to get started on August 1st. I figure if I stay as far ahead as possible, then I'll have a little room to slack off around the holidays or when we just have bad days! It has been very liberating to know that if we have an "off day" and don't get any school done, we can make up for it tomorrow! It's been so nice to have the freedom of doing school when it works for US. Some days, Joshua wakes up earlier than the younger two and we have the opportunity to do school early by ourselves. Other days, the younger two wake up before Joshua and we end up waiting and doing school around 10:30 or 11am when I put Owen down for his nap. Most of all, I've learned that our days go the smoothest when we stick to our thirty minute activity changes and the TV stays off. I just finished my lesson plans for the month of September and I've already learned so much about what I'd like to do different next month. I think we're going to survive after all.
~audrey