The Bunch Start Back to School!

In what has become an early August tradition, we have already started back to school. I figured since we home school and live in Texas that we might as well be doing something educational and structured while the heat of the end of the summer makes us virtual prisoners of our house, only after 10am of course. Essentially this means that all outdoor activity, a.k.a. recess, is done first. Lately, we have been riding bikes/jogging, jumping on the trampoline, and doing yoga as our physical education time. The hard part about starting "early" is that the home school activities we are involved in do not start until September. This is truly the only time I feel the HOME in home school. After that, we are rarely at home to do school. I prefer a hands on approach and while we follow a fairly stringent curriculum, I add all sorts of fun trips to it so that the kids can have a more hands on approach. We have been know to go on a trip for a day, a few days, or even a couple of weeks so that the children have an opportunity to have those experiences that tie into our lessons.
I know I said it a million times before, but homeschooling is such a great fit for our family. This week was wonderful. The kids fell flawlessly back into our routine that we completely abandoned at the end of last year. I was worried about L since we stopped her exactly half way through 1st grade, but she was great. she picked right back up like we never had a break. She does grade promotions in December, but we might double up this year so next year she can start 3rd grade and I won't have to worry about summer break. I haven't decided yet.
We went to the Ark at First Baptist Church of Coppell. It is an indoor park. The kids enjoy it, but I must admit when all the kids are out for summer and it gets really busy, I cannot wait until they are done playing and we can leave the madness. We decided not to do Six Flags this year because for some reason the heat is bothering us all a lot more than last summer. I hate wasting my free tickets, but I just cannot bring myself to endure an all day sweat fest. T was sad because this would have been his first year to attend with us. Maybe I will just take everyone to holiday in the park, at least it will be cooler.
I hope everyone enjoys the reappearance of the back to school routine as much as I do!

A. ready to take on the world of 4th grade!

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