We're partway through our 7th week of official
Kindergarten for Tobias.
Last Easter we started reading to Tobias out of the
Vos Story Bible near the suffering, death, and resurrection of Christ. We continued through the stories that came after that, and recently finished the book with stories of Paul's missionary journeys and John's visions in the book of Revelation. I have to say, Paul's visits to cities, stints in jail, and trials may have been a bit on the harder to understand side for Tobias. I did my best to explain the differences between governors and emperors, what it meant to be a Roman citizen, and more. He enjoyed looking at maps of Paul's trips and that he went to Rome (somewhere we have been).
After some waffling and testing various free things and samples, I "splurged" to purchase handwriting materials from
Simply Charlotte Mason. For $9 and the cost of printing I now don't have to think about what comes next for handwriting, which is worth it. I never really liked those extra curves on the D'Nealian handwriting as a kid, so I went for the "plain" letters (how's that for a mature way to make a decision).
Malachi participates in singing, demands his own "maff sheet", and usually wanders away to the Duplos while we read.
We've also completed two weeks of ECHO, our homeschool co-op, which all the kids have enjoyed.
I feel like we have a good routine going, although I have small moments of "I'm doing this wrong" panic, usually during moments such as kids crumpling up papers in frustration, or parked in front of YouTube "educational" shows in excess of what I usually allow.
Next I'm contemplating if and how to add other subjects; perhaps some more formal piano lessons and practice or Spanish.
