Hello, First Grader!

So, this past Monday we began school for the new school year. We've decided to homeschool Cherish, as there is a good chance we will be taking the children with us to Ch*na to get Hope. Thus, we started this week so that we won't necessarily need to take her books with us.

Here's Cherish on the first day of 1st Grade:

Yep, we implement electronics for reinforcement:

Here's her curriculum:

Each chapter is in a separate little booklet--which is wonderfully non-intimidating! Each subject has 13 booklets (called paces) for the school year.

Her 8 core subjects are:

Bible

Math

English

Word Building

Literature and Creative Writing

Social Studies

Science

Animal Science

In addition, we are reading through the Little House on the Prairie series--and loving it!

It's wonderful to have school at her desk, on the back porch, or outside. Today, we were outside. It's great to be out in nature while learning about sheep and pasture lands (Animal Science) and viewing the great big sky on the day she is learning about the three different kinds of cloud formations (Science).

In addition there is gym, art, etc. Today's gym? Swimming J. Yesterday's art class? Finger painting J. Yep, fun, fun, fun!