Homeschooling with the Leeds
I decided to start blogging about some of our homeschooling adventures to give our friends and family insight into what homeschooling is like for us. We originally made the decision to homeschool because our oldest, Amber and I just didn't get the bonding time I desired after the adoption. She was in school all day, then in trouble from school when she got home, and there just wasn't a lot of positive time the way things were going. This year, I added Jason to the mix, he started Kindergarten this past fall. While Amber's 2nd grade work is more time intensive with one on one teaching, lessons for the boys are less rigid - they play and practice, learning by doing whenever possible.

This week, after the boys were caught doing a "science experiment" that resulted in flooding the bathroom with red dyed water...I decided, I needed to try to find some more "science" things for them to do...hence, homemade play-doh!

Mixing the dough by hand, getting messy outside!

This week, Jacob did a great job learning to write the letter "R"!

This photo is from last year...Jacob learning his first letter, "H".

This photo is also from last year, when Jason was learning the letter "G" using the Handwriting Without Tears program.

Jason working on pattern block patterns.

Amber is working on math using "Right Start Mathmatics" - an abacus based program that teaches her to visualize numbers in patterns.

Puzzles!