It’s been two years since I first set up this blog and as I read back through the original posts I’m amused to find that while the kids are now two years older (11, 9, nearly 7, and nearly 5) our homeschooling has not hugely changed. We’re not doing as many lapbooks anymore, mostly due to my own lack of prep time and the fact that we really miss having another family to lapbook with.

Right now our focus is on the 3Rs – Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. Our science and history is incorporated into daily life and into our reading. This last summer we did our “Summer of Science” and had a lot of fun with it. We may do it again. Not sure yet.

This is the first year I’ve had four students, and that’s been an interesting adjustment. Thankfully Kate (11) is mostly self-teaching and Esther (nearly 5) and Zachary (nearly 7) are very close in cognitive development, so we are able to co-teach them together.  Generally speaking Josh (9) and Kate are able to work together while Esther and Zachary work together. But mostly I prefer we get to do activities all together and just have fun with them. What a joy.

Anyway, after a two year break, we’re back to blogging!

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