It has been fun reading the ideas that have been left for me.  Thanks for the different ideas for math and phonics.  Of course, I still have to decide what to do...ugh!  Since I'm so drawn to the Phonics Museum, I think I will give Veritas Press a call and see how they compare it to what my daughter is currently using at her school.  Since she is already beginning to read, I want to stay with something that will challenge her, but not be too difficult to grasp.  We will see.

I've had a couple folks tell me about Math-U-See, so I'll look into that.  However, I've also heard that Ray's Arithmetic is good too, especially from folks that have a Charlotte Mason bent.  It is amazing the amount of resources that are out there.  I am so thankful that it is.

On another thought, when doing memory work, how much do you all give your children to work with?  Right now my daughter is memorizing a verse a week from the Bible(school directed at this point)and my husband and I have her memorizing the Shorter Westminster Catechism.  Personally, I feel this is about right, but I eventually would like her to memorize different passages of books or poems.  Any thoughts?

My 3yr old daughter is also picking things up..which gives me such a warm feeling.  Often she is just picking up what her sister does, but I've also been trying to work with her.  I'm using an Alphabet with biblical rythmes out of The New-England Primer, 1777.  She loves the alphabet and enjoys being able to recite the little rythme.

Here's an example(book has a picture):

A-In Adam's Fall

We sinned sll.

B-Heaven to find,

The Bible mind.

It is simple, but she enjoys it and learns some biblical truth.

I think I might add a category for recipes.  I have a few that my family and I like and I'd love to share that.  I'm still figuring this out, but I am so enjoying coming here and sharing.