HOMESCHOOL: I am planning on putting up some posts about homeschooling on Mondays from time-to-time (replacing book reviews). For this update, let me share with you how we handled our first week off. That’s right, we’ve already taken a week off! We started school early (August 1) to account for the week we spent at Polishing the Pulpit. So, we had 9 days of school before leaving on the trip. Most schools are only about 5-10 days into their schedule as of today, and we are right on track, due to this flexibility (today is our 10th day). We are happy that homeschooling allows that flexibility. It is not, however,…

This is the 3rd and final post in our homeschool series (though we’ll post about it more in the future, I’m sure). If you missed anything, here is Monday’s post, where we shared pictures of day 1 of school, and here is Tuesday’s post, where we shared a tour of our room and the choices we made in curriculum. Today, we are sharing some of the other things we did to get ready for this major step in our lives. Obviously, there is no way we could list every small decision, but we wanted to share some that have been most helpful and memorable. 1. Prayer and Conversation. Lots of…

We thought we’d share some pictures of the major items in our classroom at home, and share some links as to where we find some of the pieces. Following that, we’ll give you a quick list of the curriculum we’re using for the first year of school. We have been shopping for months, so we got some decent deals on exactly the items we wanted. That is the key: spend time shopping! A Tour Of The Room The major piece (both in size and in money) was, of course, the table and chairs. We looked in person at several, then did some comparison shopping online. We settled on a table…