My Tiger Cub and Me Too's

My big boy, E, is now officially a TigerCub, isn't he handsome? He looks so grown up in his uniform. I was skeptical at first, knowing that I would probably be adding something else to my plate. But I am, in fact, really excited about his first year in Cub Scouts. We will be working on so many fun things, and E is so eager to get started.

And here are our "Me Too's". Don't know if they will follow in brother's footsteps, but I imagine I have many years of Scouting ahead of me.

Homeschool Curriculum 2010 - 2011 School Year

I was so excited to see that Heart of the Matter is sponsoring a Not Back-to-School Blog Hop. The first week will be all about curriculum so in addition to trying to jump back in to blogging (not to mention trying to figure out how to make it all work), I am going to try to join this Blog Hop.

One of the biggest hurdles of a fairly new homeschooling family has been choosing curriculum (after, of course, making the decision to actually homeschool). After using a very eclectic approach our first year of homeschooling, we have decided upon a more "structured" curriculum for this year (at least stuctured for me with a teacher's manual and lots of resources and ideas laid out). We are so excited to be using My Father's World as our core curriculum. E will be starting Adventures in My Father's World...

I'm excited about the read-alongs in this program, many of them my childhood favorites like In Grandma's Attic and Farmer Boy. To supplement, we'll be doing Singapore Math, Primary Language Lessons, Spelling by Sound and Structure and Rosetta Stone Spanish.

A will be doing MFW's Kindergarten program...

...and hopefully K will be able to learn along with us. Although A is just 4, I think he is ready to start this program. We will take as long as it takes to get through this (one of the blessings of homeschooling) and have fun along the way.

I am excited to see what others are using and am looking forward to seeing blogs next week on the School Room.