Monday, August 25, 2008

Sydney's School Uniform

Sydney came downstairs in this outfit one morning last week and announced she was dressed in her school uniform! The polo and vest are Ethan's, but they do look pretty cute on her! If she were attending public school, today would be her first day of kindergarden. Wow...it's really hard to imagine what this day would be like if we had sent her to school.



Today has just been a normal day in our house. A lot of people are asking when we are starting school and what we'll be doing. I've been teaching Sydney to read all summer, and she's doing a good job. Teaching reading is pretty easy with a good program, and I'm really proud of her progress. We started math two weeks ago and handwriting last week.



On September 8, we'll begin Classical Conversations. Sydney will be in a class of 8 other kindergardeners and will receive instruction from a tutor in the areas of science, history, art, music, Latin, and some grammar. I will reinforce those subjects throughout the following week and continue to do all of her instruction in reading, math, and writing. I will get to take part in class with her, and Ethan and Reid will be there with us too. I'm so excited about our whole family taking part in this!


Grammy & Papa came this weekend and outfitted the kids with some clothes for fall and their soccer gear. Here are S&E excited about their new cozy jammies! They also treated us to dinner at Bonefish Grill- yum!
















2 comments:

Beverly said...

Sydney is as adorable as ever! (as are her brothers) I'm glad to get an update on the homeschooling! It sounds like you're off to a good start. Keep me updated.
Love,
bev

Trish said...

Love the pictures! Glad y'all had a good time with Grammy and Papa. I know your school year is going to be great and I'm so glad we can travel this road together. :)