Happy New Year

I have been so bad about keeping our homeschool blog updated. We've just been plugging along with lessons. During the Christmas break I did some reviewing, recollecting, revising, & re-vamping our homeschool.

I think we've outgrown Five In A Row. That's really hard for me to admit. There are still some Beyond FIAR books that we've not delved into but I just don't grasp the method for Beyond. I came to the couch too many times unprepared and unmotivated and the boys could read that a room away.

I studied Sonlight's website and really looked at the 27 reasons not to buy Sonlight. I bought Sonlight. I was ready for a chronological, literature rich history. I was ready for some work-book-ish assignments and more independent work from the boys. I was ready for some more solid grammar lessons. I was ready for a change.

So far, the boys have been troopers and have enjoyed the lessons. Right now we're reading Walk the World's Rim for our Read-Aloud. They each have a historical book to read on their own and we're doing "To With By" reading practice with those.

We're starting Apologia's Astronomy book tomorrow for our science and continuing with Math U See.