So, yes, we have started school for the year.  In case you've lost track (it's easy to do, given how fast time flies!), DD is in 6th grade and DS is in 4th this year.  Still technically elementary school, but a thought nags at me all the time in the recesses of my being:  it really is the last year before middle school for DD.  Good golly!  Enough to send me into a tizzy!

We are doing Sonlight Core 6 this year for history (both kids are learning this together).  It is the beginning of Sonlight's 2-year World History program; of course, we'll do the second half next year.  Our list of read-alouds for the year, listed at the right, should convey to you the crux of the program:  learning history through good, quality literature (which, in my humble opinion, is the ONLY way to learn history at this age!  No boring textbooks!).  It is exciting!  So far, so good...

They both continue with Rod & Staff for grammar and Wordly Wise for vocabulary.  In addition to Wordly Wise, for the first time they'll both be working through a vocab program that focuses on the ROOTS of words.  It's a program that they'll do alongside their Latin program, Latina Christiana I.  Also very exciting!  Well, that might not be their exact reaction to this... 

For Science they're doing Sonlight's Year 4 program, which has them studying electricity, magnetism and astronomy.  Exciting (well, only if you ask DS!).  To ensure our completion of science on a daily basis, we do science first thing in the morning.  It works!!!  THIS makes ME excited!  Science always got left for the "next day", when we ran out of time on the current day.  But then, that's what was always uttered the NEXT day as well.  But not so this year.  So far, so good...

Their first experiment was making a tiny light bulb glow with only a size "D" battery and a strip of foil.  They loved it!  So, of course, I loved it!

They both continue with Saxon for math.  DS says he feels like a big boy to do this program this year.  He has his own, official text book, and gets to write his answers in a notebook, like DD has been doing for a couple of years.  He is thriving.

DS'07 continues to make daily homeschooling life interesting.  He's a tad more independent, so that's good.  However, it is still a challenge to keep the older two on track and focused, all the while trying to keep the little one happy and out of trouble.

The most important thing is that we are getting our work done consistently, and everyone is happy with the studies so far.

What more could I ask for???