Posted in Homeschooling

Sigh. It's Monday night and I am NOT watching football.  Sigh. (If you don't know what I am talking about, read My Top Pet Peeves  - scroll down to paragraph 11.)

But, both the Tar Heels and the Panthers are 2-0, so that's cool.  I am very happy.

I am slowly working on beginning this homeschooling year.  Piece by piece, hopefully it will come together by October.  I have a checklist put together for me to keep me on track.  I will make one for each of the girls.  I am also going to have sheets to keep track of what schoolwork each child does each day.

So far my plan to add in a new subject each week is working well, especially with Mary.  Last week she got upset that I was making her do Language Arts in addition to math.  This week, she got upset that we were going to do Latin as well.  Next week she'll be used to that idea and then I can add in something else LOL.

I plan to post what each child is doing this year later this week, as well as goals to accomplish by Christmas.  Outside activities are still in a state of flux.  A friend and I are thinking of organizing a science coop.  I am trying to figure out how to have some fun homeschooling with the girls while taking care of all the little ones too.  I'll let you know what I come up with.

The girls have requested to learn more about the United Kingdom this year, especially Scotland.  This stems from their current Redwall obsession.  My mother was delighted to discover that they didn't own any of the books and that there are a lot of them - now she has birthdays and Christmas covered for several years!  So if you know of any good resources, please leave a comment!