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May. 4, 2008
Finally! An update! (May 4, 2008)
May 4, 2008
Well hello everyone again! It has been literally months since I have written. I knew I would be a bad blogger! But here I am, trying again.
We certainly have been homeschooling for all this time and have finished our official school year. We are still doing stuff but we are done with Core 3. Yay! We loved that core, but it is always a good feeling to finish.
But before I go on any further about cores and the like, I wanted to tell you all about the biggest news in our homeschool. We finally finished construction on our “homeschool room”!!! No—we did not do any construction! If you knew my husband and I, you’d know that we are certifiable city slickers who don’t know the least thing about building things. But we went through Home Depot and we are very pleased! Enjoy the pics!
Here is the "before" picture--we had a small patio area here.
They broke up the concrete there and laid down a new concrete slab:
FQ was a great help to the construction workers! Anyway--you can see the new slab is more than twice the size of the old one.
Here is the room when it was done--empty:
We had the concrete floor stained. Here is a close up:
We are very happy with the way the floor turned out.
We eagerly filled up the room with our homeschool things:
K's desk area:
A's desk area:
And this table is for L and FQ to work on. This used to be the only table in our previous homeschool room (which was really one of the bedrooms upstairs).
In the far corner, we have a bookshelf and the kiddie trampoline for venting academic frustrations. The trampoline is currently broken:
This is our "parking" area:
And last but not least, this is the IKEA bookshelf we got specifically for the room. It houses Cores PK 3/4, PK 4/5, K, 1 and 2, plus all the LA programs for those cores, along with school supplies and various other things.
We are just loving our new homeschool digs. It has definitely become a highlight of the house. We spend our days downstairs and I love being able to cook, do laundry, and homeschool without running up and down the stairs.
I hope to update more this coming week!
God bless,
A. |
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Posted by Anonymous 
May. 8, 2008 - The room looks great!!