The First Week

After months and months of research, planning, and preparation, our first day of Kindergarten finally arrived! I thought I might be a little nervous, but actually I felt so prepared, I couldn't wait to just begin already. Enough planning; let's get this show on the road!


It went pretty well, I think. At least, we did everything I had planned to do and lived to tell about it, so I consider that a success! I already feel like I've learned some things; things about what motivates and encourages Cole when he thinks something is too hard, things that keep Max interested and excited to learn new things too, things that keep Seth entertained for awhile, and things we could add as the year progresses.

Week 2 is underway, and while I don't intend to chronicle every detail of this year, I do hope to post highlights occasionally for memory's sake, as well as to update family and friends who have expressed interest in how it is going.

Along those lines, I'm going to try and get a post done soon about the curriculum we are using, for those who have asked.

With that said, here are a few highlights from our first week:

Greater than/less than practice

Concentration!

One of Max's favorites for the week.
The rice was fun to play with...I kind of like it too! :-)
(Except for the mess it made!)

Seth is in that "putting things in things" phase.
Moving blocks from one container to another keeps him busy for quite a while!

Max's shape of the week was a square, and our theme was cows.

So we made square cows!

This little experiment came from a "Science in a Bag" packet I bought at the homeschool book fair I went to earlier this year. It's pretty neat; the alligator grows in water, and we measure it every day to see how big it will get.

Graphing the results of Day2 with Mr. Alligator.
Cole's hypothesis is that it will grow to be 48cm long. We'll see!

And of course, what day of homeschool would be complete
without a break for a bit of T-Ball practice in the backyard?