Back to school night

We decided to have a back-to-school night for the children. It was a huge success. We summarized for them what subjects we'd focus on. We showed them the books they'd be learning out of and they were excited about them and asked lots of questions. We told them how they'd be learning out of the books. We also gave them an orientation on how things will be structured, how they'll be accountable to their mom and grandma and how to organize their work.

In between the official stuff we would stop to play some fun minute-to-win-it games.

Unrolling toilet paper

Tossing ping pong balls into cups

Tossing marshmallows into cups

 We also counted ten coins that equal one dollar and put them in paper bags

And of course we had candy

 After we were all done we had a fun dinner of what the kids like to call "homemade Lunchables". Because I don't like to buy them Lunchables (since they have such little quality nutritional value), I make them this sometimes because they like the style and theme of a Lunchable type meal.

The kids really loved it, W has been saying how much he loved it; a couple times last night and a few this morning.

Monday will be our first day. It will be a challenging and interesting year, but the one thing that keeps my mind eased is the fact that we can take this whole thing however we want. We can relax and take it easy and not be rushed by a schedule of the day and be distracted by 30 other kids. I hope to stick to the work schedule because I'm just a schedule person, but it's nice that we choose not to have so many things going on and we can really focus on their learning for the whole day.