Starting The Year

August 19th, 2008 will begin our 6th year homeschooling! I am super excited to begin the year, we have so many exciting things to do and learn. Every day is such an adventure! Of course, we never can seem to begin the year in such a way as I'd like (you know, organized and all!), but then who needs organization anyway? Tomorrow we have well child visits scheduled in the morning (never mind that two of my three children are sick! These things never do happen at a convenient time!), and later in the evening our homeschool support group will sponsor an Ice Cream Social kickoff in the park (of course the sick children will stay home with Daddy!). Tuesday morning we will begin our year. My oldest son will start 5th grade, and my daughter will be in K4. My youngest isn't near school (or pre-school) age just yet!
I must admit this year is looking quite different from the last several, as we've chosen a different type of material to study. I wasn't sure if I liked it at first, and that still remains to be seen. However, as I have been going through the materials and preparing for this year, I have found myself pleasantly surprised with the options available. This material is more workbooky than I prefer (I am not a big workbook person), but I found a lot of supplemental material was available and I really like the basics presented in the student books. It usually takes a little while to get into the routine of school again, but by the time we do I think I'll have a more definite idea of how this material will work for us.