Back to school - when I read those words I recall the Staples commercial with the daddy pushing the cart and the kids following behind with their frowns and heads hanging low. The jingle is ‘It’s the most wonderful time of the year’… Seeing that makes me chuckle and wonder why those children are not happy to return to school.
My kids laugh when they see the commercial too and when they hear the song, they think it’s Christmas not Back to School time. They love going to all the sales and stocking up on school supplies. It is like Christmas to them! I take advantage of all the sales and purchase notebooks, pencils, pens, crayons, markers and all the other supplies we will use through out the year. I still have supplies I had purchased last year, but I still enjoy the bargains.
We don’t plan on going back to schooling until the end of the month and my kiddos are ready to start. For the first time in the 10 years of home schooling we actually took the entire summer off from schooling and they are ready to go back to schooling. My kiddos are bored our of their minds and don’t understand why their friends are not as excited as they are. Well, perhaps it’s because we don’t wake up at the crack of dawn, choke down a pop-tart and rush to the bus stop, sit in school all day and come home with tons of homework. Our school schedule is quite different. We actually school most of the day, because we are learning all the time. We take every opportunity and make it a learning experience.
This year we are incorporating lap booking, Unit Studies and more hands-on activities. My older children will be taking Physics, Earth Science, Advanced Literature and Logic. We will all be doing Bible studies together and of course home economics and Spanish. My kiddos are excited to begin and so am I. For now, I will enjoy the final weeks of my ‘vacation’ before schooling begins, and continue planning for another exciting year.
The Chronicles continue…
Tags: back to school, home schooling, lap booking, schedules, unit studies
August 5th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Sounds like a great school year is being planned for your kids. I can’t wait to pick up tips here on how to encorporate more hands on fun learning for my 8yo this year. He will be attending Public school but has been diagnosed with CAPD (A Auditory Processing Disorder) and really learns much better by “doing” rather than “listening”
August 7th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I LOVE that Staples commercial!! Luckily my oldest has always enjoyed school (although she won’t admit it) and it seems my youngest is following in her footsteps.
I look forward to learning more ideas from you