We've been homeschooling officially for three months now.  Rachel's reading well, adding well and she loves History.  A while back, I cut out phonics (we worked our way out of the book and I haven't found another to use yet) and added an in depth reading of the story of Joseph.  It seems when we've reached the point where Rachel's proficient, we don't homeschool as often.

For me, this is a sign that we're ready for something new.  It occurs to me as I'm writing that this seems to be a unit-study kind of style.  Anyway, I'm planning for some new activities.  With the holidays, it's easier for me to focus on art and music and cooking!  We have a little to brush up in Math, but no new concepts are calling my attention.  We may focus on poetry a little more, too.  Make that, I need to work on poetry.  ;)  Rachel has a Richard Scarry anthology she carried around the house.  Oh, and handwriting, but nothing heavy.  She's good enough to just keep practicing what she knows already.

I feel that Rachel is doing really well right now.  I'd like to double check the standards, but if she's meeting what's appropriate for her age level, I don't see the need to push her.  She's having a great time playing with her younger sisters, and learning all the while.  This week I got to play cashier and 'scan' the food she was buying.  We checked out a load of books from the library, and Danielle has given plenty of opportunity for Rachel to practice reading aloud.  We're reading A Little Princess right now.

I felt that God lead us into this for the purpose of uniting our family, bringing us closer, helping us grow, and to focus our lives on Him.  God knew what he was doing, I think.