Its a new school year- Week 1 July 1st-8th

In Indiana, July 1st marks the start of the NEW SCHOOL YEAR. I don't even know how time went so fast to get us here, but here we are. We will be starting school today. And while I am still working on what curriculum and rhythm looks like, we are getting started with a few things.

One thing that will be different this year, is we will be walking a little bit in step with my sisters-in-law family.  And we don't know exactly what that looks like yet. Also, she's new to homeschooling like me, so we're going to take advantage of learning things together. One thing we are doing together this year is co-op which is going to be so great!

Moving along to the purpose of today's blog!

​Each week I will blog what is coming up in our week, both academically and activities. This is definitely an accountability thing. If I put it out into the internet, my follow though will be better, right?

So, anyways, this year I have actually tried to map out a bit what our day looks like. One thing that has been so hard for me is getting into good routines here at home. It's hard for ME to stay on track. AND it's been hard for me to cut back on some of our tv habits. I will say, I've worked pretty hard on cutting out electronic devices, which I have been fairly successful at. Sams behavior has been all the better for it. Now we just need to adjust how much tv we're actually watching. Like this thing does not need to be on all day.

Ok, this is what we have on deck for activities this week. It's going to be a pretty slow week:

Monday- Start our new routine.
Tuesday- Woods and Books creek play in the morning
Wednesday- Regular homeschool day
Thursday- Holiday! No school.
Friday- Regular homeschool day
Saturday- Regular homeschool day
Sunday- Church

For anything curriculum this week, we are focusing mostly on reading right. Sam is VERY VERY ready to read. So, my goal is to ramp up reading times. Later this week I will post what our daily schedule looks like and give an update on how well I'm following through. Eventually we will be adding in other subjects.

Reading list:
Proverbs- 1 chapter each morning at breakfast
Winnie the Pooh- Finish at least 3 chapters
Bob Books- Officially move past the first 5 books. Sam has struggled with remembering certain key words, such as the word and. It's been a month or so since we last read any of these books. So, I am hoping some of these reading word issues have resolved themselves.

Bible memory:
Deuteronomy. 6:5

Thats it for now friends! Have a lovely week!

Lori

To Know God and To Make Him Known