Today Hardy started his first day of school! We decided to have him do Abeka video school from Pensacola, Florida. His first grade teacher's name is Miss Wieler, and he LOVES her! Today he didn't even want to go on break! He told me he just wanted to keep doing school! I am so thankful Hardy started off school with a great start!
Tirzah is in the third grade and her teacher's name is Mrs. Achuff. She actually started school on Monday. I had her start ahead of Hardy so she would get the hang of her routine before Hardy started up. She is liking her new class and teacher as well.
Hardy does his schooling in our main living room. The girls, Acarith and Selah, surprisingly did well with this. I had them do room time together and then play outside together. Selah takes a nap around 10:45, so by the time she laid down, things were going pretty well for Hardy. Then I worked with Acarith at the table for about 20 min. on learning her letters and numbers while also keeping my eye on Hardy to make sure he was paying attention in his Numbers class.
Here is Tirzah at her desk holding up her Math book. She was pretty surprised they already started reviewing times tables from second grade. She told me she was secretly hoping it would be awhile! :)
Everyone wants to know how I do schooling with the kids, so this basically sums it up--you just take one day at a time. If you set up a schedule, the more smoother it will all be, so make sure you have a game plan before you start schooling so it will go well. It doesn't guarantee every day to be perfect, but it does help you--and the kids--to know what you're doing each day. I hope everyone's new school year out there is off to a great start like ours!
