Ladybugs & Stinkbugs

I'll be taking "School Pictures" later this week, but in the meantime I wanted to give you an update on our new school year.

"New School Year?" you're saying. "Isn't the school year ending?"

Well, for normal people, that is the truth. But we just can't seem to keep a "normal" schedule. (Not that we try very hard, but that's a story for a different post.) What with two months off when Little Bit was born, and two weeks off in January, and three weeks off in late April-early May, we ended up surprised that we finished the school year at all!!

Honestly, half-way through the year, when Annie could read, and Matthew knew addition facts through 10 and subtraction facts almost that far, I was done for all intents and purposes. We had accomplished everything I could have hoped for in Kindergarten and 1st grade.

So the kids were excited about starting their new grades. Matthew's in second and he will be learning studying sentences, multiplication, more "complicated" rules of reading, Government, and Science, along with a few other things. Annie's first grade year will go over phonics rules, addition and subtraction, history, a Bible catechism, Science, and Art. ("Stay tuned" for a post about their most recent art project!)

I'm looking forward to a good summer. Since all of our other activities slow down, we can actually accomplish more in less time during the summer, and then we can slow down a little bit during the fall months. It equalizes our schedules throughout the year, and it's one of the things that I love about homeschooling.