Schools Back!

Our first day of homeschool has, as always, been an informal organization of said school rather than a structured class... that will come. It is tough to jump right in and be totally focused with summer days just a yesterday away... especially when that included spending the whole day with most of their cousins at West Edmonton Mall's World Waterpark.

I haven't yet added pics to my blog but I am going to learn given the amazing pictures we have of this summer's fun. As you can tell, I am reluctantly turning to school and schedules and the work I need to do in preparation for upcoming workshops this fall.

Now that our new homeschool room is ready for us, we spent today "moving in," getting organized, and finding how our new facility will work for us. This is our smallest formal homeschool room yet (although last year we schooled around our kitchen table with a hall closet as our "organization") and yet it isn't without it's benefits. Eric's room is adjacent so he can do his work in his room away from the distractions of younger siblings. Ryan will need to go up two floors to do his room, which he may prefer when he is needing to focus on specific projects. But for the most part, his desk is adjacent to mine but with plenty of space for him to work.

Brendan and Breanna can be close by with all of their toys and games in the family room which is a part of the same room as our school space. This worked perfectly today as we moved and sorted things, so we will see how things proceed during the year. One thing we did learn though is that the computer monitor is in direct sunlight during the morning, NOT good given that we school in the mornings only. So I am off right now to move that to the other corner of the desk (which is actually a better location overall), see you tomorrow!