I think this looks like a great outline of what to accomplish by five. I agree that reading aloud is very important. Also, on counting to 100, have you thought about skip counting? My 4 and 5 year old get really bored counting to 100 by ones, so counting by 5s and 10s was an exciting change for them. LOL

WooHoo!! Off to search through the catalog! Thank you!

I would do it in a heartbeat as well. My husband and I are currently going back to school. We are in a 800 sf. apartment with 4 kids. It can be done.

We are WTM classical and a little CM mixed in.

Here's what we have planned Math - Teaching Textbooks 4 First Language Lessons 4 SWO E and F IEW Latina Christina, Lingua Angelica United Streaming Spanish Veritas Press Lit. guides American History - using Veritas Press Extras - piano, cello, soccer, and tae kwon do

I agree with the other posters that sitting down and figure out the goals each of you have is important. It will be difficult starting with a newborn but it has been done. :001_smile:

This is wonderful!!! Thank you!!!

I used OPG with my oldest and LOVED it. I will be using it with my 4yo and 5 yo this year but I will add in Explode the Code books as well as Leap frog DVDs.

Mine is in my siggy. I will be updating more often in the next few weeks.

I will be right at $1500. That will be 4th grade curriculum, two in K5, and Classical Conversations Foundations and Essentials.

I am 75% sure on what we will be using next year. I haven't purchased anything yet.

My husbands family comes over for breakfast so I usually fix a lot. This year, I will be fixing a over night egg casserole, baked french toast, bacon, cinnamon rolls, fruit salad, and a variety of juices, coffees and teas.

We put ours up 2 weeks before Christmas. 4kids, 4 dogs and a cat..... I hope our tree lasts that long!

The weather change has put me in the baking mood.....cakes, choc chip pumpkin bars, and breads. Yummy! I love fall!!!!!!!

No, we are not done. We have four children ages 8,4,3, and 1. We had a miscarriage in June at 18 weeks. So we are going to try to wait a while before we try again. I would love to have 6.

I turned 28 in July.

We love to put fresh diced tomato and basil in our eggs then top it with moz. cheese. YUMMY!

I am a member of family touch (familytouch.org) and I LOVE it. They have activities going on all year round, monthly PNO's and park days. If you have any questions feel free to email me. HTH, Amanda

University of Tennessee GO VOLS!!!!!!

So that is what I have to look forward to! My four year old ds called my husband in a few weeks ago to tell "Daddy look I pooped big huge" So funny!!:lol:

My husband is a guitar instructor. He charges $100 a month for one 30 min a week. He teaches through a local music store. Our daughter's piano lesson are $95.00 a month for one 45 min lesson a week. She teaches out of her home.

Thank you for posting this!!!!

Salmon, rice, and spinach salad. YUMMY!!!

I have a 7 yo dd, 4yo ds, 2 yo dd and a 9 month old dd. I plan our day into blocks of time. From 8-12, we have breakfast ( I read from the bible during this), we do Bible, Latin and Math, and a outside break( baby takes a nap at 11 so I try to fit outside in there). Lunch is right around 12:00. After lunch and quick clean up we go on to our next block 1-4. We finish school, I do preschool with the 4 yo, another outside time, and clean up the house. From 4-5 we play or watch cartoons( this is the only time the TV comes on during the day, otherwise my 4yo turns into a TVzombie). I start dinner around 5:30. After dinner it is bath, storytime and bed by 8:00. i tried an hour to hour schedule but it drove me crazy. Doing blocks of time really has been great. I am a checker-offer (LOL) so I like to have my schedule printed with everything marked off for the day. Hope this helps!

Funny you ask, tonight I am throwing dinner together.We are having scrambled eggs with fresh tomatoes and fresh basil topped with moz. cheese and cresents. And probably a fruit salad!!