First Day of School

It is another Embrace the Camera  day. We are linking up with Emily at The Anderson Crew .

 

 

 

Yesterday brought on so many emotions with Eli. I had a lot of fear the night before. Where we doing the right thing? Were we starting too early? Eli is only 3. I was so nervous I would be able to get him to listen and learn. Would I know how to teach him something if he was not grasping it? I was filled with questions. 

 

Eli was excited though. He was so ready to begin. He was excited about his calender that hung on the wall. He also could not wait to read stories and "learn his letters and numbers."

 

 

Going into this I knew I was going to have to find things to challeng him. He knows how to write his name and was only shown by Anthony once or twice. He can name all his letters. Needless to say the first day was a huge success.

 

 

 

We began by praying and saying the Pledge of Allegience. My emotions where high at this point. Seeing him say the Pledge so eagerly and so intently was amazing. I teared up while we finished it.

 

 

 

I have seen the past couple of weeks Mother's lament at sending their children off to school. I can't imagine. I know now the decision we made long ago to homeschool was the perfect one for our family. I know at this point he is going to do just fine. I also know I am very capable of this and will do just fine.

 

 

 

 

I am excited for his excitement to learn.

 

 

We will be working on one letter each week. This week of course was the letter A. My wonderful sister made a ring of flashcards with Bible verses on them for each of the kids. They even have their initial so there is no fighting. They love to flip through them. It has become a teaching aid though. Each week we learn the verse that goes with the letter.  

 

 

We repeated the verse 3 times and Eli knew it. He absorbs everything. It was a proud moment for me.

The real test will be if he can repeat it on Friday.

 

He did so well writing also.
 

 

 

Although I think his favorite thing to do was the string beads and cutting for our art project. We worked on patterns for Math yesterday. He loved the string beads and figured out exactly what I wanted no problem. Lilliana also enjoyed doing that with us.

 

 

 

Eli loves using the Cricut and the glue. He helped me make this. He also got to use the scissors and cut a bunch of paper which he loved. All in all it was a very successful day! I am so proud of my wonderful little boy. I am so happy we have made the choice to homeschool too. I can't imagine not having these memories with my kids. Many thanks to my wonderful Husband for believing in me that I could do this. The best part in all of this, Eli is excited for school tomorrow!