Kindergarten!

One week after Meg started first grade, Nate and I began our homeschool adventure. He was most looking forward to opening all his school supplies. That process took up about 20 minutes of our first two-hour class time. After day one he said that he wanted the next day to be longer. Erik and I chuckled to ourselves and wondered how long that eagerness would last. Well, about 24 hours. Tuesday afternoon he reported that he hoped Wednesday would be shorter. After three weeks I would say we're in a good routine. I ran across an old Childcraft "How Things Work" at Goodwill and we have been reading that for science. So far it has covered inertia, friction, magnetic pull, and gravity. I'm as enthralled by the explanations as he is. He also enjoys math but doesn't have much patience for handwriting. Today he started reading a simple first reader on his own and is quite delighted. It is fun to teach his little sponge-like mind!