A couple of weeks ago, Gracie announced that she wanted to start school when the big kids did. We have been planning to homeschool our children since before they were born, so you might think I would have been ready, but Gracie is only four and a half years old right now, so I had planned to wait another year to start "school" with her. I was left scrambling a little bit to come up with school activities for her.
I finally decided to use resources we have on hand: Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, and Elaine Bruner; handwriting worksheets created with StartWrite handwriting software; activities from The Three R's by Ruth Beechick; fun lapbook activities from Homeschool Share; and lots and lots of library books. School will last for an hour or less each day.
Gracie has been excited about school every morning this week. I hope that her enthusiasm lasts! Drew sits happily in his high chair and colors, does a craft, or plays with Play-Doh while Gracie works on her reading and writing with me. It will be interesting to see how things work out when the new baby arrives in October!
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