Hit the Books!

Madalyn and Spencer are excited about their new school supplies. Everyone got their own color of ruler, mechanical pencils, notebook, and clipboard. (On the clipboards we keep papers we're working on like spelling lists or notes for our weekly reports.)

Thomas' color is orange and he gets his pencil and scratch paper or notebook whenever he sees the other kids doing so. Welcome to school, Thomas!

He imitates the kids being very serious about their work.

Spencer learning French.

Thomas once again copies the kids hard at work. Excuse his lack of clothes. He had just been playing outside in the rain and came in soaked, so I took them off. Then he grabbed his spiral notebook and jumped up at the table with Spencer and Madalyn to do school.

We are off to a great start! I love our new schedule for this year and the more independent work the kids are doing. Our favorite part is the weekly history reports. Each child picks something from the weekly topic and then does an oral report on Friday. We hang up the written ones (with pictures) on the history wall. The first week we studied the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas. The second week we studied famous and not-so-famous explorers.