Today was the second day of "school" at my house for the 2009-10 school year.  I have been impressed so far by the smooth transition we are making from the lazy days of summer; although 6:30 is coming way to early in the morning for my preference.  This year our family is embarking on a new journey.  Through a very good friend, I was turned on to the Tapestry of Grace curriculum.  I absolutely love it!  If I had been taught this way as a youngster, I would have paid much closer attention.  The classical style of education makes more sense to me than the traditional style.  I understand that for some, the traditional style is adequate and maybe even preferable, but this style just makes sense to my "out of the box" brain.  I am hoping my three children will enjoy it as much as I am.  For the record, I am teaching, three children: Tori/9th grade dd; Halie/8th grade dd; and Branden/7th grade ds.  Their closeness in age makes it easy to teach the classical method since they all study the same thing just on different levels. 

I have decided to return to the "blog" so that I can keep a record of the ups, downs and in-betweens of the school year.  As many of you reading, I always intend to write it all down so I will remember one day, but it never seems to make it from my head to the pen & paper.  So today is the first day and hopefully there will be many more.