One More Day

We only have one more day until we start back to school on Monday, Jan. 4th. I must say, I am looking forward to it. We were very busy with the Christmas Holiday and took a big break from schooling. I think that the kids are ready as well to get back into a "routine" of sorts!

Tomorrow I have plans to go over all the big kids books and decide where we need to start back. I am considering the Charlotte Mason approach and have been researching it every chance I get. I love the Ambelside Online site...it has a ton of info. But my children have not been very interested in so much reading...that is until Santa left some books by Homer for our Jessica (12 yog) and Charles Dickens for our Jennifer (7 yog). Jessica has become more of a reader lately and has expressed a bigger interest in reading. Jennifer carries A Tale of Two Cities around with her and wants to read it all the time! To me that was a little much for her, but the hubby doesn't see a problem yet and I'm just glad she is so interested.

My biggest challenge right now is trying to figure out what to do with Julie (4 yog) and Kevin (3 yob) because they really want to be involved in school, and should be! So I'm also considering a workbox system of some sort.

Well I guess tomorrow I will be rather busy!

So if anyone out there wants to share what they know about Charlotte Mason and workboxes, by all means share! I am really interested in how to get started in the CM method without becoming overwhelmed.