Monday, October 17, 2011

9 Weeks Down

Aren't they getting so big!?
We wrapped up our first 9 weeks of homeschooling on Friday. Whew! It has gone by so fast. So far we have loved it. We've had a few bumps as I'm still learning the boys learning styles, and we've had to tweak some things here and there. But overall it's been wonderful. I can't imagine not having these boys home with me this year. They are growing by leaps and bounds. I'm excited that I get to be here one on one with them teaching and molding them. They are such smart boys and already I can tell their confidence levels have skyrocketed. They are so excited to start school each day and learn some new things. They tell me often how happy they are we made this decision and how they feel they are learning so much better than the previous year. This of course fills my heart with joy and reminds me often that we made a great choice in choosing to homeschool!

Here are a few pictures. My batteries went out in my camera so I don't have as many as I wish. New batteries are in place so hopefully more pictures will be coming soon.



This is Jacob sitting at our "school" table doing some work.


Elijah loves to sit on the porch to do a lot of his work.
We went to Carowinds for BMW Family Day. We were able to turn it into a school lesson, by talking about roller coasters and how they work. We also came home an researched their history. Such a fun day!



Elijah got glasses a few weeks ago. So cute!
We're doing an Apologia science curriculum this year and right now we're studying Astronomy. This was our first project.  A balloon solar system.