We started school, so blogging time has been nil. But, so far school is going well! It has not been without its challenges, some of which I expect to be ongoing for much of the year, actually. But I’m done freaking out about stuff, so I think we’re gonna have a great year.

For anyone who is interested, the curriculum we are using this year is as follows:

*Mathematics: Math on the Level, from Family Lifestyle Learning

*Science: Exploring Creation with Astronomy, from Apologia

*History/Geography: The Story of the World Vol. 2: The Middle Ages, from Peace Hill Press

*Language: BOB Books for Jonny and basic alphabet work for Aveline. They also both draw a picture in a journal every day and then write something about their drawing. Aveline copies one word of her choosing and Jonny writes, with guidance, one or two sentences of his choosing.

*We read Bible Stories from The Golden Children’s Bible and we read poems from A Family of Poems compiled by Caroline Kennedy.

All of the programs we’re doing this year offer such great flexibility and ideas for taking it further. I recommend all of them, if that ever changes, I’ll amend that statement here.

Here are a couple of photos from our project last week, to go deeper into our study of the Celts. We made Double-Headed Celtic War Axes!

Dig her Celtic warrior face?

Dig his Celtic warrior stance?

And, what the hay, here’s a drawing I did during my students’ journal drawing time one day.

Happy Beginning of the School Year!