This week is Leah's first week of "school"! Now, I know she's just barely 3, but honestly I'm bored of the lack of structure we have in our days, and the amount of TV we watch. Leah loves to read, loves to do crafts and work with her hands-- I know she will love to add more of that kind of thing to our day. At this point, I'm not going to pressure her to do much. I don't want school to become a chore, so she gets bored of school at a young age, but I want it to be fun. I have been doing a lot of research online and come up with a plan for the year (which I will hopefully be flexible to change) that will be a mixture of crafts, worksheets, games, puzzles, and play.
I debated about whether to start this week since we are still in the midst of boxes and unpacking, but I'm thinking that school can just be "something we do" here in this house. Everything is not as ready as I'd like it to be, but we can ease in slowly and add more things as we go along.
I will be starting a new blog just for school-related things, since most people who read this blog really won't be interested in that (mostly the new blog will be just for me, anyway, I don't really expect a lot of people to read it at this point, since I would hardly consider myself an expert at education!). You can read my post about my Preschool plan here. I am also working on posts about why I've chosen to homeschool, the style of learning we've looked at, and a couple other things. I'll occasionally link up to that blog here, but mostly I'll leave school stuff there.
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