First Day of School

Yesterday was our first day back after a two month summer break.  I have been anxiously awaiting the first day of school.  It is a love hate relationship for me.  I love getting back into a routine, where our day flows easily and we all know what to expect.  I don't especially love trying to adapt to the routine.  It always takes time to adjust and I have to remind myself to be patient.  Yesterday was a great first day!  I am so proud of my girls.  After breakfast we took pictures in our first day outfits.  We let the girls pick a new outfit for their first school day.  They were so excited to put on their new clothes and get going.

We started our class with a prayer and the pledge of allegiance.  After going over the calendar, I read outloud to the girls from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum.

 Then we did some creative work in a first day of school packet that I put together for them.  I love having the girls write down things about themselves, their hobbies, talents, interests, draw a picture of themselves, and then save it to look at the end of the year.  It is a fun marker to look at their progress. They also love it!

We will work on this throughout the week and I will post their pictures.  After they worked on their artwork, we started with our core subjects:

The older girls 2nd & 3rd grade:

Spelling

Phonics

Reading

Language

Handwriting/writing

Latin

Math

History/Science (alternating days)

Prek:

Letters/sounds

Math

Creative play

I will post in more detail about what we use for our curriculum but this is an outline of our day.  

I have to remind myself that not every day will be as easy however as long as we are consistent, persistent and prayerful, we will be successful.  We are looking forward to day 2!