Back to School…

We have made a lot of major changes to our home school this year.

The first change we made was with our school curriculum, as I mentioned a couple posts back.  The Little Professor’s curriculum arrived last Monday and we managed to get it all set up and ready to go.  We started back to school full-time last Wednesday.  It may seem early to most, but with all our travelling and field trips throughout the school year we need to start early to get all the mandatory school days in.  Besides, the kids were so excited to get back to school!

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One of the other big changes we made this year was assigning a designated space to act as a full-time classroom.  This was not an easy feat in our house because we’ve already completely outgrown our space as a family, never mind as a homeschooling family.  In order to make this happen, big sacrifices had to be made – specifically, all my sweet, little children had to agree to share a bedroom.  I wasn’t sure how they would react to this but I was pleasantly surprised when they all shouted for joy at the idea.  The fact that they were so agreeable made it easier but the actual logistics of the plan is a little more complicated and we’re still working them out each day.

In the meantime, the class room is set up and it is working out well.  I have been slowly fixing it up since the weekend and today we took a little trip to Ikea to purchase a few remaining things to make the classroom complete.

Since we left early for Ikea (so that it didn’t take up our whole day) we arrived before store hours, so we decided to stop in and have breakfast in their cafe first.  I have to say, that place is amazing!  Our family of 5 had breakfast for $12…where else can you purchase breakfast for that price and their coffee is so good!

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The kids sat in a special little area designated just for them and watched Cars 2 while they ate breakfast.

After we ate we quickly made our purchases and returned home to assemble our furniture and start our day.

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The Monkey enjoyed colouring on the empty boxes while I built the desk and rearranged the room.  Sure enough, the moment I became absorbed with my task the littlest quickly took advantage of it and left his mark on the new furniture.

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This is normal, everyday stuff in our house.  I gave birth to a multitude of Pen Pirates!

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I have to say, I’m so pleased with our new classroom but not anywhere near as pleased as the Professor and Princess!  They have both expressed their gratitude for a special place to learn.  The Professor and I had a big, one on one chat today and he thinks having a room dedicated to school will help him concentrate more and I completely agree.

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We named our school and hung some maps, posters and charts.

Not only do the kids have their individual desks but…

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we also have this big desk that will do double duty as my desk and the lab/art table.

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All we need now are a few more art supplies and for our science equipment to arrive!

I can’t begin to express how happy and excited I am for this school year.  The curriculum has far above passed any expectations I had and the new room has changed the whole atmosphere of our schooling.

This is going to be our best year yet, I just know it!

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