Time for School!!

We have most definitely enjoyed our first few days of school! We have a big kindergartener, a sweet second grader, and a fun fifth grader! I just can't describe what a privilege it is to be able to be with my children each and every day! I love them so much and they are so fun to watch as they "do school". We started on Monday and I will be honest and say it was a rough start. None of us were used to getting up so early and I think we all had to take some time to wake up that day and get our frumpy grumpies out! I'll also admit that after day 3 this morning it has not gotten any easier to get up! I asked Troy last night how long til my body adjusted and he reminded me he's been at his new job for a month and he's still tired every morning...bummer.

I have been very pleased with how our schedule is going so far. I'm trying to do the same subject with them all at the same time and it's working even though I wasn't sure it would. So, when one of them is doing math, they all are. I stagger start them just a little and Keaton does a lot of hands on things that he doesn't have to have me right with him for.

One of my favorite things so far...

•  Timers! I bought two of these. They come in so handy when I want/need to set a time limit for a certain subject or activity. Wtih math, for example, the kids can do more than one lesson per day so I give them 30 minutes and have them do as much as they can. They also get 15 minutes for typing lessons on the computer, 10 minutes for math drills, etc. They're just super!

This was taken after our morning stretches. Just simple toe touches, jumping jacks, etc, and their favorite spinning while reciting months, days, continents, or alphabet until I say "freeze".

Ok, so maybe he's not so thrilled about everything!

She loves it all!

He asks to count to 100 every morning after doing their calendar notebook!