Homeschool Classroom Preview

Well, we are about 2 weeks away from the official start of 1st Grade. Last year was 'the year that would be Kindergarten'. And this year started well, as soon as Kindergarten ended, about May.

We moved May 1. And it's taken all of 2 months to sort out books, make arrangements for supplemental classes, decide what Jack's education would look like in our new environment & home. I read at Simply Charlotte Mason yesterday, and Educating the Whole Hearted Child, as well as chatted with some of the other mom's at Homeschool Tae Kwon Do class. These are some great gals, with experience here locally & convictions similar to mine. What a blessing.

Anway, I won't try to spell out the details today, but I did get the bare minimum pulled together in regard to books, where we'll store his books, and expanded into the storage area that is our central living room(we don't have furniture to fill it up yet, so the boxes just sit).

Craigslist produced an excellent sofa & large chair last week for $150 that if I'd only had a truck, I'd have long since been lounging on them. Never-the- less, I'll keep scanning & my cheap-dream furniture will appear. It always does.

I've temporarily borrowed Jack's desk to sew a 1 piece quilt for Henry. We did paint his bed and when I have 3 more items on the wall, I'll post the before & after of the boy's room. Working on a camp/frontier style room that doesn't have scooby doo anywhere. You'll see-- just give me a couple more days.

Ok, drumroll for the pictures that must be lumped together because I can't seem to post pictures in a more reader friendly fashion. By the way, the view from the desk out the back door offered a glimpse of a doe & a fawn a couple of days ago. There are too many walls in that room with little natural light, but I've tried to utilize it so we maximize what's available. Can't believe I'm going to show you the stuff (including homeschool materials) still in boxes stored in our living room! The room with the sofa is our family room, that has a view on the garden & slip-n-slide yard. Looks a little sparse, but I'm holding back on decorating... it's a rental you know. I don't paint rentals & I'll just have to pack it all back up. It's warmer than it really looks.