Homeschooling so far

"Best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray"

Yes, that is the story of my homeschool year this year. I had those beautiful lesson plans I created, and we are no where near following them. Truth is, I"m really not enjoying homeschooling this year, with one exception. The subjects are more complicated, and more difficult to figure out how to teach them to a child on their level. The kindergarten child wants nothing to do with reading and there's many tears, and I've really just given up teaching her for now. We'll try again in a month or so. And the toddler, oh my the toddler makes teaching very challenging. Religion, while I have usually loved our religion books, I feel really bored with it, like I'm teaching the same exact things as last year. I mean seriously, the kids KNOW the story of creation. I don't see why every year we need to focus on it again, when there's so much more. So, I've sort of left the religion books behind for now. Maybe I'll come back when we're in a better spot.

The one exception is History. OH MY! I am LOVING teaching History. We started using RC History this year which is a unit study. I'm teaching all 3 of the older ones at the same time, and we're really seeing History come alive. I'm understanding now where the Sumerians and Babylonians came from, where Abraham went during his journey, and i love that my kids know what a cuneiform and a zigarahet are. (Well, and I know now too!) This week, we'll be making ancient clothes from the people of that time. Last month, the kids made a diarama of creation together, plus we made Abraham stew and Locust biscuits. It's so much fun and we're learning a lot. This is what I had always wanted as far as teaching, and I'm so glad to have found it!