Our First Day of School

Up at 6:30 this morning to get Case off to his first day of high school. I actually got up in time to make Pancakes and bacon and make sure he had his vitamins! I picked him up at the end of school and his comment for my question of "how was it?", typical teenage answer,"fine". He did elaborate after more pointed questions. What did they do? Go over rules all day. Does that mean I can do that in our homeschool and count it as a school day?

We don't have all of Amelia's books yet. I have to wait for them to come through the mail. However, we have started on what she does have -spelling, grammar, recitation, and spirituality. She has already memorized Robert Frosts "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" for recitation - she had two weeks to get it down. Since she has done this so quickly, I think I will have her do some block crayon drawing with it.







Ainslee won't formally start until next week. This week we are working on refining our rhythm. As I take Case to school, Amelia gets up and does her morning things and then assists Ainslee in getting up and getting dressed. This is Ainslee's first year of having designated things to do in the morning. Although it is no more that getting dressed, eating breakfast and making her bed, it is something that will help establish the start of the day and our rhythm. While Amelia was doing her schoolwork, Ainslee was very content to play outside for a while followed by some water play in the kitchen.