Home School, 3 days in

Today was day 3 of my homeschooling career (pre-school).  I was super resistant, especially in light of the placement of baby love.  I had not prepared much at all (with the exception of thinking about decorating a home school room).  The day before my planned start date I sat down at the computer and spent an hour looking through resources, including more decorating ideas.  <--- self admittedly, this is my biggest draw to home school right now.

Day 1

Here we go!

After three days, I must admit, I enjoy this dedicated time!  For Rosie, right now school is mostly about role playing.  She loves to play the part of the student (including wearing a back pack and school shoes) and she loves to call me "hey teacher".  Our goal is mild, one hour, three days a week.  We do lunch, put the babes to bed and come downstairs. 

In our hour, we start with the Lords Prayer, say the Pledge of Allegiance, spend time reading a bible story, talking about a virtue or the saint of the day; move into handwriting/letter recognition and close with an activity/song or story. 

Based on a recommendation, I am using ideas from Handwriting without Tears for the teaching order and multi-sensory learning ideas (letters out of play dough, in chalk and today...shaving cream).  I love printables from Homeschool Creations and I have pulled some faith study ideas from Lisa Hendey.

Feast of the Holy Name of Mary

    

Ave Maria!

Today, my ideas were pulled from Shower of Roses.  Since we did not have school on Mary's birthday, we made a big deal out of today's feast...Holy Name of Mary.  It was wonderful.  I notice that after our homeschool hour Rosie is extra snuggly and loving.  She loves the time together as much as me. 

Crowning Mary..with flowers from our garden

While the jury is certainly out on how long this will last, for now...we enjoy our time playing school.