Well, the first week of school is under our belts. It went quite well overall.

This year I started my three-year-old on a preschool programme that I found online. It has gone very well this first week. He studied the letter “X” and had fun. We also talked about the Bible being a treasure that God has given to us. I’m looking forward to continuing this with him. It has worked out for us to do one activity, and then he takes a break so I can deal with all the problems that have accumulated. When I’m done he comes back to do something else. It’s a great way  to do school with a three year old.

Somehow this has been the easiest startup I can remember. Everything has gone smoothly. I’ve figured out a system for marking their work every day that seems to take less time than my old haphazard method. So in spite of having to do a lot of hands on help with my Grade One son and adding my three-year-old son to the mix I’ve still managed to get everything done in a reasonable time. God has been very gracious because while I was looking forward to school starting on the one hand on the other I was worried about falling back into old patterns of stress. I’m trusting for the rest of the school year to go as smoothly.

We have also started something else this year – copy work. I’ve seen it talked about on more than one homeschooling site. Then my husband started to talk about it helping with concentration. He sent me an post from a blog he follows that talked about doing copy work. I love this. I wish I had done it years ago. I think I’ll do a post about it with more thoughts.

This week has been brutally hot with today topping the heat. We haven’t done much except for school. We’ve just been concentrating on keeping cool. We did harvest some more zucchini. This has been an awesome year for us for zucchini. I’ve got a lot in the freezer that I can add to baked goods, stews, soups, etc. this winter.

So not a lot happening, but we’ve enjoyed each other as a family. I hope the beginning of your school year has gone well too.