Starting early on our worldview

It should not be a surprise that one of the foundational aspects of our homeschool journey is character development and knowing God. Most believing families would agree with this priority. These are the most important parts of child-training, in my opinion, because my children’s eternal destiny is what matters the most. To that end, whatever […]

Winding down & ramping up

We are coming to a close of this school year. It’s true that we have six weeks still left “on the books” but there are many curricula we use that do not go through a full 36 week year. Math is finishing up, science is finishing up, and spelling and grammar are quickly coming to […]

Piecing it together #1

Okay, I’m working through the stacks and stacks of books, packing for storage what we will not use in the next year. I promised myself I would not even look at the new books (nope, not even open them) until I was completely finished with last year, but now we are and I can hardly […]

Box Day!

The day our homeschool materials arrive from Sonlight is lovingly called Box Day, not only by our family, but by many of the other excited families who frequent the Sonlight forums. Today, our Core B materials arrived. We are currently celebrating the week of Unleavened Bread, and I have to admit that taking a break […]

Finishing early

It did not seem possible at the start of first grade, but we are actually going to finish all of our material five weeks early! Thankfully, the timing has worked out perfectly with the timing of Pesach, which is about two weeks away. The curricula we will have completed this year include: -Sonlight Core A […]