The night before our first day of school we do Back to School Banana Split Night!
The next day we dress up and take our first day pictures.
My daughter is PreK and my son is 1st grade.
I'm pretty excited to do a new grade that I have never taught before.
I bought all of my supplies at Walmart and I bought quality products, I think. I made a big schoolbox for each of my kids and one for myself so we will have plenty of supplies which I constantly ran out of last year.
This is what our school room looks like. Yes, it's the dining room. I put the whiteboard in the middle to separate and it works great. It has cut down on distraction immensely and I can bounce back and forth between the two. I tried a more relaxed approach on the couch, but it did not work AT ALL!
I found that writing out a routine/schedule for the day along with what chores are expected has really helped especially with my son. I don't include times exactly, but I try to start school between 9-10. We do about an hour of chores (good exercise too!). That way I can relax during the homeschool time and not think about all the stuff that I need to do. We have been in school for 6 days and I can tell a BIG difference between this year and last year. Both kids can work at the table and it much less chaotic than last year when my little girl wanted my attention while I worked with my son. I just couldn't get it to work out well. But this year looks promising.
I have a few more things to share this month:
*Our daily routine
*Daily Learning Notebook videos
*Homeschool organization in a small space
Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the new school year whether you homeschool or send them off!
Blessings, Shonda
