Homeschooling

This year miss Emma is a Kindergartener! Now most parents are preparing to send their little ones off to school, and the little ones are preparing for a life as a big kid, all on their own in big kid school. But here in the Brisendine family we are preparing for our first year of official homeschooling!! Emma has occasionally asked why she can't go to big school, and I respond with, "Mommy would miss you too much, and I just want to be the one to teach you the things you need to know". Honestly, that is why we decided to homeschool. I want to be the one to raise our children, I want to be the biggest influence in their life.

So after lots of research I decided on a simple and straightforward curriculum from Alpha Omega Publications.We will be specifically be using the Horizons Curriculum.

 Horizons offers a great little package for Kindergarten. I like that it isn't lumped together so if we wanted to use a different math I could order it separately .

We will be using the Math, Reading and phonics, as well as the health package. 

I also wanted to do a bible study as well for the girls so we decided on, Explorer Bible Study, In the beginning it was good. 

Also if all goes according to plan for science we will be participating in the Jr. First Lego League this year. As a previous robo kid I could not be more excited for this. Once we get our team started there will be a post all about it. 

I am very excited to get this going for the girls and watch them grow and develop! 

I also love to be very organized. I know some people do well with online organizers but I am a girl who needs paper. I want to walk around with it, mark it up and erase. I need to be able to hold it. There are several cute planners out there for a small cost, but I dug deep and found an amazing one for free! Over at Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus. Not only is her planner free, it is freaking adorable with tons of cool options! As soon as I get my in a binder I will load up a completed pic, but for now you can see how I went printer crazy! She also has a home management binder as well.

Are you homeschooling this year? What curriculum are you using?