A New School Year

So, a new school year has begun!

Krypto is in the 3rd grade
Gwangi is in the 1st grade
Sissi is a pre-schooler

Can you believe it, all 3 of my children are doing school!?!

This is truly going to be a different year.  I was hopping today, trying to keep on top of rotating the subjects at a pace that could keep them all interested.  Trying hard to figure out what they could do individually while I worked with one of  the other ones.  For the most part, I would say it worked well.  Sissi did have a bit of a melt down in the morning when she realized that her "one on one Mommy time" was over.  She wanted to do "more school" and I really needed to move on and work with the boys.  We'll figure it out, we'll find that place where everyone gets what they need.  Each year has a bit of a different feel to it.  The big lesson I think I learned today...Sissi just isn't going to go for nap time anymore, not when she knows what she's missing.

We were doing our Tapestry of Grace reading this afternoon and she was fascinated by the book about Elizabeth and then the book about Shakespeare that I brought out, she climbed right up next to us and was asking all kinds of questions.  I think she's interested, I think she wants to do whatever "her boys" are doing.  It might mean I need to take a bit more time to include her in things that I didn't think she would necessarily be a part of; but, it's alright, she's going to learn some really neat things and the boys are good about sharing the time with her.

I'm really looking forward to this school year.  I'm looking forward to moving ahead in History, to studying Colonial America!  Gwangi was so excited to finally start Math U See...he's been so impatient to begin.  We really enjoyed the first lesson about place values and building and making different numbers with the manipulatives.  Everyone enjoyed their new supplies, their new books, the new routine of everyone sitting at the same table.  It might take a few more days until I figure out the order to put a few of the subjects; but, for a first day, with 3 kids involved, in a different country, I would have to say that we had a successful first day "Back to School"!!!!!

Here is what we're doing with each of the kids this year:

Krypto -
Bible and Character Training
Tapestry of Grace, Upper Grammar, Units 3 and 4
Math U See Delta and Epsilon
Answers in Genesis Chemistry
Logic
Swahili
Sequential Spelling
A Reason for Handwriting - Level C
First Language Lessons Level 3
Writing with Ease Level 3
Geography
Violin
Typing
Art
Sports at HOPAC

Gwangi -
Bible and Character Training
Tapestry of Grace, Lower Grammar, Units 3 and 4
Math U See Alpha
Answers in Genesis Chemistry
Logic
Swahili
A Reason for Handwriting - Level T
Explode the Code - Book 2 onward
First Language Lessons Level 1
Writing with Ease Level 1
Geography
Piano
Art
Sports at HOPAC

Sissi -

Bible and Character Training

A collection of Rod and Staff publications

Pre-school workbooks from Dover Publishers and Kumon

Listening in on all the History, Geography, Bible, Art, and Science with her brothers