The Curriculum Came!

Not a moment too soon, the curriculum for Calvert School came today. The kids helped me sort through it all and get it ready to start school on Monday, the 22nd. I sat down and figured out our tentative schedule and what supplies we still needed to buy. The kids are so excited to actually get the ball rolling on school this year. It is still surreal to have them home with me and not drive to and from the elementary school. I bought a teacher's planner so that I can plan my weeks out a little better and know what I need to purchase for that week before it hits. We will be starting our day with scripture study, which I am hoping will lead to a more peaceful day. We are following the seminary classes and studying the Old Testament. I purchased a workbook for $20 from Discover the Scriptures that works with the Stories from the Old Testament available online at LDS.org. The lesson plan is supposedly only 9 weeks long so we will see if it takes us longer or if I add more to the program. That will only get me through the first quarter of the school year so that just won't do.


Speaking of quarters and figuring out what I want to do, is physical education. I do know that we are putting the children in swim lessons but those are only 6 weeks long. Again, not nearly long enough to last the entire school year. So my options are to either put them in more than once, or to figure out other things to put them in. We are still waffling on what we want to do. Swim lessons, gymnastics, flag football, martial arts, man the list goes on and on for different possibilities. I guess this is something we will have to talk about and pray about before putting money down. We do know that swim lessons before the end the school year will be a must since they are old enough for the big kid section of the pool and I would like to take Monkey into the baby pool without fearing about the other two.

So, moving on. As I have stated on Facebook, I am ordering a bow through Glow's Bows for Monkey  and I LOVE it. She has made my year and come September 1st and 2nd, I will blog ALL about it ... along with pictures. I am SO freakin' excited!! I just can't wait to tell everyone all about it so stay tuned!