Get ready...

Last week we took our first time ever family vacation! While Wrightsville beach was fun, relaxing and every thing we needed, I was happy to get home and anxious to get back to our school work. So, Sunday night I ordered Delores' new curriculum from Moving Beyond the Page and will be receiving the boxes of goodies in 1 to 3 weeks. I'm hoping the following Monday l will have absorbed everything and am ready to give the first lesson. After all, for 2 years I created lesson plans from scratch in a weeks time and since this new curriculum is all inclusive it should be a breeze. I hope.

In my last post Changing the Tune, I mentioned I wasn't sure what I was going to do with Lydia because I felt like she still benefited from Montessori lessons but I didn't know if I could juggle two different curriculums. Well, I think I have decided that I am going to stick with Montessori lessons with her and just take a more laid back approach with it.  Reason being is that I've already made and planned her lessons since she will be following Delores' outline from our lessons from last year and this year. That takes a lot of the work out for me. Then depending on her learning style and what I feel will be most beneficial to her, I may change it next year.

Taking these few months off from formal lessons has really taught me something about each of the girls. Delores still learns a lot from everyday life if I am concious to point out the things I want her to learn and from books so, I definitely feel I've made the right choice with her new curriculum this year.  Lydia has an amazing memory when things are verbalized and for order. She immediately implements what you teach her in her own life. Therefore, I feel like Montessori would still be the best curriculum for her. However, both the girls learn a lot from real life experiences. So, remembering to apply lessons in real life instead of doing lessons at a table or in front of a mat are going to be the best learning experience for both of them.

I still have my hopes on incorporating bible time and possibly latin into their curriculum as the year progresses. But I will take it day by day and always do what is best for them.

A new school year gives you a chance to a fresh start and I look foward to what this next year holds for us and what my little ladies will accomplish as they quickly approach 3 and 4 year olds.