Wow, a whole year has gone by. I should probably start posting again. Our days are filled with a lot of learning and play. We have a new math and chemistry curriculum that I am extremely happy with. The kids are still ahead of their public school peers, so I am not stressed at all. We cover everything in 2-3 hours and are able to add in art, home-ec, extra science, and a lot of play. They read for hours every night- by choice! Makes me super happy. Here are some recent activities.
If it's nice out, we either do school outside or head out to learn outdoors. Last week we were able to visit a giant park on the James River, have lunch at Sonic, then explore the walking trails at the Virginia Living Museum, where we have a membership. There are animals along the trail and we got see vultures being fed and learn what they eat. Then we got to see the traveling frog exhibit. The kids loved it and we even got to virtually disect a frog.
What happens when you don't have to wait in lines, wait for other kids to settle down, do busy work, or commute to school? There is time for additional subjects and plenty of field trips and hands-on learning. Evan actually asked to learn computer coding and Amelia joined him in taking some online courses. They have started building some little robots this week and will also be starting monthly art classes for homeschoolers at the library. We are having so much fun learning!
We love field trips. It gets very warm here every couple of weeks, so we go when the other kids are in school. We were some of the only people in the zoo this past Tuesday.
The focus of my life has switched from life with twins to life with three kids on a homeschoolong adventure. I will be talking about that more now that Ingrid is older and I have a bit more time. Just a bit :).
Ingrid turned 18 months last week. The things she can do already blow me away. She speaks in small sentences, climbs ladders, and now this. I don't remember the other two doing this so soon, but Ingrid does have them to learn from. She sees herself as the same age- 5 1/2!
