New School Room

So I finally got around to making an "official school room".  It is something I've wanted for sometime.  Even though our kitchen table works fairly well it is often a pain as we have to clean up the table for lunch, then get it back out after lunch and then have it cleaned up by supper.  This is especially difficult if we are working on projects.  It would be really nice to just have a space that is designated for school stuff.  A room where we can hang stuff on the walls and a central location for all of our supplies.

Well Drew and Tannin had been wanting to sleep in each others rooms every night so I finally decided that I would put them together in Drew's room and make Tannin's room a school room.  It was a long process last weekend but it is almost complete.  Saturday we will get the table to go in there and then we will be able to use it as our official school room.  The kids seem to be really excited about it.  It is so fun to see them excited about learning.  They are already spending a lot of time in there with the books and learning toys.

We've also been looking at curriculum for next year.  We have decided that what we are using this year isn't working for anyone.  After much thought and prayer we have decided to go with My Father's World.  I'm really excited about it because I think it will give the boys more opportunities to do stuff together as well as to do more hands on and less of the mundane paper and pen exercises.

One of the greatest joys of homeschooling is the ability to be flexible and try new things.  I've never been so excited for a new school year to start, but it is safe to say I'm anxiously awaiting next August!