Today was the official start of our 2008 - 2009 school year and we began the day with photos, of course!
As I mentioned in my last post, I decided to start the year with a study of the Olympics. Today. we talked about the history of the Olympics and some of the symbols and traditions of the games. We learned that the Olympic motto is "Citius - Altius - Fortius" which means "Faster, higher, stronger" and is intended to focus on trying your best - not just winning first place. So we talked about how there are only a little over 300 gold medals to be won and that most of the athletes will come home losers, but that's OK because they will try their best and many will do better than they have ever done before. "Winning isn't everything" seems like a good way to start the school year.
Aside from our Olympic study, Sadey became an official preschooler today and is learning all about the letter A. Delaney and I read some books together and spent a great deal of time looking over the books she'll be using this year. She is most excited about the science books and can't wait to start her nature journal. Sydney did a little bit of math and language arts review and was happy when I told her we'd put her first spelling pre-test off until tomorrow.
All in all, it was a very good day.
1 comment:
How fun! I am using MFW too! :) My daughter, Madelyn is 7 and is in 1st grade. We are starting school the day after labor day. My 5 yr old son will be working on Pre-K/Kindergarten stuff...and I'm not sure what my 2 yr old will do! LOL
This is my first year homeschooling..and I am soo excited...but nervous! Please stop by my blog if you get a chance and if you have any advice..i would love to hear it! :)
Katy
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