Homeschool Revised Part 1

The secret of getting started is breaking your [seemingly] complex overwhelming tasks
into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
- Mark Twain

That's pretty much how our homeschooling year started.  In August I posted my formal curriculum reveal, or what I thought our schedule would look like; ha!  Of course I expected that it would be tweaked here and there as we dove into our first year at home... I just didn't know what it would look like in the end.

Now, almost five months after starting school, I finally feel like we are in an agreeable, liveable place. 

What has changed?  Quite a bit really, but today I'll focus on the fun stuff.

First, I was incredibly blessed to find Rocker Man Dan, as my sons call him.  He instructs Hayden in guitar and Reece in piano once a week.  While the boys like him because he makes music fun and current, my favorite thing is that he comes to the house.  Yep, you read that right;  he comes to our house, hallelujah!!

Second, I just enrolled them in a Fine Arts Studio Class;  so cool!  They go to a small studio locally and get personal intstruction in the medium and subject of their choice- drawing or painting landscapes, sculpting faces and almost anything in between.

We are also studying Judges, Ruth and Samuel I and II this year through Community Bible Study, which has a large children's program that is fun for them.  Meanwhile, I get to spend the morning with a great group of women, which is very fun for me!

I really look forward to all of these events each week, and I'm sure it's a nice break for the kids too. 

Next time I'll write about what subjects I broke down and called in the professionals for.  I'm not too proud:)

À bientôt!
Heather
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