Signs of Progress...

Today my parents left and headed back to NC.  

We had them for 4 whole days and 5 whole nights.

Now how long is it going to take

to undo all the spoilage??  

Don't care...

Its worth it!  

(It will get undone just in time for the other

grandma to arrive and do it all over again! - HA HA!)

While mom and dad were here

they helped me purchase 

these

to continue to work on 

putting together our work area

for the kids school.

Here is what it looks like in place...

Now we have to find nice chairs to go with the desks the boys got for Christmas

last year from Grammy.  And they will FINALLY

be using them for their intended purpose!!

These look GREAT!  

I am getting so excited about this!!

So the workboxes are in place...

now we start implementing them!!

(hopefully sooner than later)

We are getting there...

We made the decision to homeschool shortly after 

we arrived in Texas in

mid October...

So we are quickly approaching 

mid December

and I am still struggling

with a curriculum.

We started out

using

**Time4Learning**

(www.time4learning.com)

It is a GREAT starter and basic

on-line program...

BUT

we need more...

I have enjoyed it, 

the boys enjoy it,

miss priss enjoys it...

and 

I plan on 

starting little miss

on it soon.

(since she begs for school)

It keeps up with their 

progress & success

too!

So I can show daddy 

where we are in the year and

that we are actually 

learning and accomplishing 

something!

HA!

I have spent a TON of time

picking brains

at homeschool groups

when I meet other moms.

And have fallen in LOVE with

another blog...

where I learned about

"workboxes".

I had already come up with something similar

I was going to put different activities:

legos

a craft

puzzles

worksheets (in a folder)

stuff like that

in a plastic bin that each of the kids

would use through out the week.

Anytime we had downtime...

go to the box and do something in the box.

THEN...

I found this workbox system.

It requires 

planning

and 

organization

(both of which are lacking right now

BUT

I am working on it)

Unfortunately, 

we can't just run out and buy all

this awesome stuff...

so I find ideas

then do my best to implement them

on a shoe-string budget!

So right now I am trying to find 

two - 10 drawer carts

to use for our workboxes.

So we are getting there...

I have tons of ideas...

I have joined yahoo groups...

And follow a few blogs...

But implementing all of these 

GREAT ideas...

We are getting there...

**As a member of Time4Learning, I have been asked to review their online education program and share my experiences. While I was compensated, this review was not written or edited by Time4Learning and my opinion is entirely my own. Write your own curriculum review or learn how to use their curriculum for homeschool, after school study or summer learning.