Halcyon Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 For the first year ever, we are following the school calendar and starting school tomorrow. It feels early in some ways to me (we usually wait til after Labor Day) but we had a long summer, so we're ready. We are going to start off with a few easier 3 hour days and hopefully it won't be as hard as I am envisioning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 It feels like we are starting school tomorrow since the public schools are, but we have been doing school since June1. I have to admit I will be privately freaking out since this will be the first year DS9 does not attend public school, but he has already made so much progress that I did not even consider changing my mind. We might do an afternoon field trip to the science museum to make the day a little more special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest staciekb Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 We are starting tomorrow. It is a big day for us too, since my son is at official kindergarten age and we did not send him to school. I am so excited though. I feel like months of planning will begin to be fulfilled tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 We are! Our local schools don't start until the middle of next week, but I plan to start tomorrow. I like to end the year before the end of May when we are DONE and eager to enjoy being outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 We are starting tomorrow, too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyerin Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 We're starting mid-week. Aiming for a phase in starting Thursday, with full speed after Labor Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 US! And I am still binding.... must..go..bind.... but the classroom is clean and new crayons out :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homemama2 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 We are. It will be weird bc my oldest joined the local school's soccer team which doesn't start school till weds. So he will have soccer practice 9-11 Monday and Tuesday morning then come home and have school. But my schedules were so pretty I didn't want to change our start date! 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 We are. Mixed feelings. 4yo gets her first bookbag for CC, but I have nothing planned for her tomorrow. Plodding along as usually with 8yo--nothing fresh and new there, but that's okay. She expects to start tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go_go_gadget Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Our charter's official start date is tomorrow, but we go year-round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameena Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Still have a week to go here until the PS start. We are following therir calendar this year, so 1 more week of vacation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 We have an ENT appt in the city at 840am, so hoping to get that over with and make the 2hr drive home in record time so we can at least do school lite. We were supposed to start last week but ds14 was having a hard transition after family camp, so we are trying for this week. PS doesn't go back until Aug 28th and dd5 doesn't get home from her vacation until Austin 24th, so I am not too worried if tomorrow doesn't work out due to the appt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoGal Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We are starting tomorrow and I am also furiously binding things! We are doing a two day week this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleWonders Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We are starting tomorrow as well. We were going to go full-steam ahead, but I decided to spend this week doing "orientation" with the kids. Basically we'll do religion and literature read-aloud, math, and writing, leaving the afternoons free for me to finish planning, to meet with each boys (at least the older two) and go over their subjects for the year, as well as time for them to play with friends (our local school district doesn't go back until after Labor day!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 We are starting tomorrow and I am also furiously binding things! We are doing a two day week this week. HA! Binding is the one thing i have left to do also! Ah well, we're starting slow, and I am not binding cursive copywork tonight..:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Woods Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We will be starting our 3rd week ;) This is the week were she will do all subjects so we will see how it goes. We are following the PS calendar so she can have the same days off as her sister who goes to PS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in MN Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We are, kinda. My daughter is gong to try half time public school and it starts tomorrow. I'll be quietly freaking out at home with the occasional run to drop her off or pick her up. Once the first week is over we'll start the home part of her education. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We are. Although I'm planning a light day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We are starting tomorrow. Last week we actually had "week zero" which was a prep week. We finished everything on the list -which was minimal and included such things as "find the math books," finishing a read-aloud, and finding a few other materials we've had around but not used yet. But we listened to a few history lectures too, and just generally got in the mindset. My son has a doctor's appointment nearly every day this week, and we're hoping to maintain our weekly field trip by going to a garden on Friday, but we'll see how that goes. I long to be a year-round schooler but somehow summer never works out for us. What do y'all mean by binding? I mean, I know what the word means, but what and how do you bind at home? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We are - sort of. :) We school year round, but we've just finished a break. And tomorrow is the first day of PS here, so it seemed like as good a day as any to start back. DS has a basket of goodies waiting for him, and he's planning to bake a cake to celebrate after school. Win for me! ... I do feel a bit bad because he asked if I'd decorate the house a bit, just for fun (the kid loves a party), and this is the first year I didn't plan that kind of stuff. Oops. So I am decorating his desk instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 What do y'all mean by binding? I mean, I know what the word means, but what and how do you bind at home? :) Wondering here, too. What are you binding? I freecycled a comb binder a few years ago (it never got enough use). Recently I have eyed the ProClicks, but wondered what exactly I would bind! What are you binding? Do your kids prefer to write in things you've bound? Please share. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We did a light warm-up week with DS last week, this week it starts in earnest: the university starts back up, which means I have to teach, DD's classes start, and DS will be sitting in on (and doing the work for ) one of my classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lea_lpz Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I'm actually taking the next 2 weeks off. LOL I school year round. They don't start up here for about 3 weeks. We're taking 2 weeks off, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We are! Ps starts tomorrow as well. I think we're as ready as we're going to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 I bind math mammoth, workbooks that have a similar theme but I continually misplace (I just pull out the pages i don't like), calendars for the year (like a subject guide) copywork printed off the Internet...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Me! We are going to jump in all the way because I am crazy like that. I will, however, quit at 3:00 no matter what. Just don't tell my kids that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Bean started back to school on Wednesday, so Buck decided that would be as good a time as any for him, too. (I'd planned for him to start tomorrow). I didn't give him a full load last week, though. Tomorrow we start the full schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillmalo Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We start Wednesday. I figured we ease into it with a short week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We're starting tomorrow. I'm excited, everything's clean and ready to go! Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow. :) I'm setting my alarm a little early and going for a Starbucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We are. I have most of my master planner filled in, and we'll be fudging some of it as we go, but I'm excited. The kids are mostly excited. We're short one history spine book, but we have so many in this house we can fill the holes until it gets here. The guide for it won't be released until October anyway. :P The local PS has been running for awhile, but I don't watch their schedule or base anything on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warneral Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Us too. 2 weeks before our school friends. Easing in with just the basics. Bible, spelling, writing, math, sci, history for 2 weeks before the full schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommee & Baba Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We are starting today! I was thrilled.....now I'm extremely fatigued & nauseous due to 1st trimester ickies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We're starting today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobeknofret Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We started this am, with a light start. We're only doing math, free reading, and some work on synonyms. Tomorrow is Geography, Latin, and math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckster Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We started today as well, and just finished up a little bit ago. So far, so good! One down, 179 to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anna~ Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 We were supposed to start yesterday, but over the weekend I decided to switch up some of my curriculum, so I am waiting on a package to arrive. We are going to the state fair tomorrow, so I figure we will start Thursday and maybe do a couple half days and then start full days next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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