After rearranging the playroom, rearranging all the upstairs bookcases, gathering up all our resources (I still need to do a bit more of that) and writing up the schedules, we finally had our first day back to school yesterday.  Overall, it went well!

I always find the first day of homeschooling difficult.  I just never seem to have things organized right until I actually start doing what I need to do. This year went fairly well.

Math took up a lot of time, mostly because I was not as prepared as I should have been.  I am still getting used to MEP and getting a better feel for how it is organized.  I also decided to use the laptop for the lesson plans instead of printing them all out.  I need more play dollars, dimes, and pennies to demonstrate regrouping...

So far the boys all worked well.  With computer programs and "toys" restricted to certain options during school time, they found many educational ways to fill their time while I was busy working with one or another of them.

Ds#3 was the most excited of the three, always eager to be doing things.

Off to another day!