Reflections on the week

This was a great first week of homeschooling. I love the prep/planning but can see that I might get burnt out after a few months, so we'll see what I end up tweaking. Nate loves the work so far--mostly because there is nothing too hard yet. I foresee some problems arising when we get into more difficult work (in math, for example), because he gets very frustrated if he doesn't understand something right away.



The other children have stayed happily occupied (for the most part) during any times I've been working with Nate. It helps that the work goes by so fast! Today, the day I had the most planned (I filled 8 of those workbox boxes), still took less than 2 hours--and that even included his Friday chore as one of the boxes. Today Levi and Lucy got a little impatient during school time, having exhausted the coloring activity I provided and knowing we were going swimming afterward, but overall I am so happy with how everything is going.



The more I think about it, the more thrilled I am with our homeschooling setup!