Eager to Learn

I have seen such a change in our little one this past week. He is totally ready for school this fall. We played the Sunny Day/Rainy Day game alot this week. He enjoys rolling the dice and counting the dots and placing the covers on the sheet, according to what he rolled. It's such good practice for counting and is enforcing the whole numbers/math concept. We've even been working on addition with that game since we roll 2 dice. It such a joy to see him progress and becoming eager to learn. He will be 5 next month and I can say as of now, he is truly excited about learning.  Last year, not so much, but we did it anyway. It's going to be even more cool when we really start in the fall. I will get the honor of seeing him learn, one on one! Words can't describe what a privilege this is to me.

We've also come to a decision in regards to curriculum; Rod and Staff. I can't wait to order it and get it in my little hands! I think for the primary years, at least for the first couple, we'll probably use Rod and Staff, then move onto something else. We'll just have to see how it works for us at least for this year.

I've also got my reviewer set up, 2 reviews per year in Maryland. I've also called the BOE and am awaiting paperwork to come in. Everything seems to be falling into place so far. Mark and I talked about homeschooling while I was still carrying Anthony in my tummy and now, the time has come. This homeschooling thing has become so "normal" to us. (We probably don't seem so "normal" to the world though! lol) It's all so exciting!

I know you probably can't tell from the following picture, but he is sooo ready for serious learning! Bring it on! (This is his idea of getting ready to go bug hunting. Looks like he already caught a big one!)