Well, here we are: the last hot breaths of summer and in the next week or so all of my original mom friends have their oldest starting kindergarten. I keep flashing to this vision of all of us in track suits, arms high in the air celebrating our victory as we cross the finish line...We made it! And even though we're homeschooling I still have a little of that feeling, the feeling of crossing the threshold into a whole different phase. And I'm excited! I feel this awesome sense of relief knowing that I don't have to send Beck away and I love gathering up all my supplies and ideas and preparing our space downstairs as our workshop. I just can't help it. It's the teacher in me that likes all this stuff.
And I'm not sure how much we'll use it or how structured we'll end up being, but I have purchased some curriculum. Both boys expressed an interest in a math "workbook" so after reading a lot of reviews and comparing options I bought the beginning level of Math Mammoth. We also have a lot of manipulatives and I'm trying to gather together lots of different games where we can play with numbers.
I ordered the beginning package of Handwriting Without Tears. And I'm looking into some options for reading. Of course we read all the time and talk about words and letters, but Beck wants to R.E.A.D. so I'm going to do what I can to help him along the way.
Does this sound too much like "school at home"? I met some other homeschooling moms the other day who said they started out with a lot more structure than they ended up having. All I can say is that we're learning as we go.
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Just curious as to how you happened onto Handwriting without Tears which is an Occupational Therapy program. It's a good approach to handwriting. Some nice research behind it. I think it's especially helpful with the younger kids.
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