First Day of School 2020

It's become a new tradition to take photos of these silly first day of school poses. Although with homeschooling, we typically school year round, we still need a moment to say we're transitioning to the new year... and with all that was going on with the pandemic, we did take more of a break this past summer. So, here's to the start of a new school year! And here, in their own words, are our students' thoughts on their year...

HELEN

Age: 5  11/12 (birthday in 3 days!)

Grade: 1st (we debated about this... technically, since her birthday is after Sept 1, she would be kindergarten... however, she's really doing 1st grade work, so we might as well give her that status)

Favorite Books: 

    - Princess in Black series 

    - At Home in the Woods (this was our most recent "Author Access" bookclub book through Read Aloud Revival)

Summer Accomplishment: Lost first tooth

Plans for this year: 

    - Continue ballet

    - Big kid math book

    - Big kid homework notebook (she was SO excited to get one of these - her own spiral-bound notebook where we write down the daily to-do list; previously, she just had a clipboard with her list, but a notebook signifies a move into elementary school!) 

The missing tooth pose...

HENRY

Age: 7 1/2

Grade: 2nd

Favorite Books: 

    - Billy & Blaze

    - Frog & Toad 

    - Bark of the Bog Owl (our current series we're reading aloud together each night)

    - Wild Robot 

    - Wingfeather Saga (the last series we read aloud together at night, a new tradition we started during the pandemic)

    - The Clementine series

When I grow up: Try to afford a horse, 2 dogs, 1 cat

Summer Accomplishments: 

    - Caught 500 bullfrogs

    - Made friends with the neighbor's cat

Plans for the year: 

    - Eat the rest of the freezer pops

    - Learn more about horses

Favorite Animals: cat, dog, horse, chickens, hamsters

MICAH (no goofy poses when you're in 4th grade, apparently)

Age: 9 5/6

Grade: 4th

Favorite Books: 

    - Green Ember series

    - Fishing books

    - Field & Stream books

When I Grow Up: Something to do with building or fishing

Summer Accomplishment: 

    - Went fishing

    - Helped Dad build tree fort

    - Went to Cabela's 

Plans for the Year: 

    - Learn about fish

    - Go fishing

    - Go to Cabela's & BassPro Shops

    - Play travel soccer

    - Tryout for travel basketball