Back to School

I can not even believe that we technically start our school year THIS MONDAY! Ok, so I am not starting early because I am some sort of over achiever. It's actually because I kinda hate the first few weeks of school! Over the past few years I have found that starting school and the first few weeks of summer are kinda rough for the kids and I. After being used to lazy summer days where we ease into our days I find it really hard to jump in all at once. I like to start school the same way I get into a cold pool-very slowly! I decided this year that we would end school in a more gentle way. The last few weeks we just slowly wrapped up different subjects so that we were able to just slide right into summer. It worked out so nicely that I decided that we were going to do the same for the start of school. SO, this monday we will start Math and our foreign language study. In two weeks we will throw our language arts into the mix and then on September 8th we will be completely submersed in our homeschool year! I honestly can't wait. I feel like such a nerd because one thing I LOVE LOVE about homeschooling is that I get to do school all over again. I am seriously so excited about the different subjects we will be studying this year. For history we are going to be studying American history. For science we will be starting our third year using Apologia. Being a lover of Charlotte Mason and Unit studies I just love Apologia! This year we will be covering Zoology 2-swimming creatures. For math we will be using Math-U-See. We started it last year and I have been really happy with it. For language arts we are actually trying out a new curriculum this year. It's called Learning Language Arts Through Literature. I will keep you posted throughout the year as to how we like it. For Music and Art we will be studying the lives of a couple artists and composers. I picked up a couple "Come Look With Me" books that go along with our study of American history and there are a couple other fun things on the menu that I'll mention as the year goes on. That's all for now folks! I'd appreciate any and all prayers for our school year.