Today we did some more in our Saxon math book. Andrew is learning how to write the date and how calendars work. We are waiting for his workbook and cubes to arrive so we can do some other things. I plan to do about 6 lessons a week in order to get through the book by June. This should be pretty doable since the lessons seem pretty short. But we will slow down if need be.
We also read out of our McGuffey reader. In a couple of weeks we will start a reading class at the home school building. This program breaks words down into decodable chunks with hands on activities. We will see how it goes. It is only for 14 weeks.
I used to think I would run my home school just like a normal school, but then I thought, Why? One of the reasons we are home schooling is so we can do things differently. I'm still formulating how I'm going to do it, but I think I'd like to try the Charlotte Mason approach. In the mornings, we will always have Bible, Psalter singing, math, and reading. But all the other subjects will be incorporated by exploring things Andrew is interested in. I'm sure this will be a learning process as we go. But right now, we are just trying to get a routine down, not so easy with 3 younger brothers running around! :-)
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