Homeschooling Day 1 is in the Books!!

Well we did it! We successfully got through one whole day of homeschool! Kindergarten, day 1 was great (if I do say so myself!) We got through a LOT of material. I learned that I probably over prepared and did a little too much for one day, so I am going to scale it back a bit for tomorrow. But Laney did great and completed every thing I asked her to do. She is such a good student and really thrives on having work to do. I am one blessed mama to have such an eager learner. She is going to make this journey much easier on me! Here's a brief look at what our day looked like...

After breakfast we did some calendar work, practiced writing today's date, and did our 100 chart (from My Father's World)
Said the Pledge of Allegiance
Memory Verse Work (this week she is reviewing John 3:16 and learning Proverbs 3:13)

Then it's onto chores. She has a little chore chart that she is working off of each day. This accomplishes a few things. 1. She gets a few simple chores done and learns responsibility in doing so. 2. She is learning how to read and write on a chart

Today we worked on several lessons. We did the day 1 creation lesson and the day 1 lesson 1 from My Father's World. The theme this week is the sun and it incorporates that "Jesus is the light of the world."  We read the poem "My Shadow" by Robert Louis Stevenson. She did a craft to illustrate night and day. She watched this silly little song online about the sun: http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/science_songs/educational_videos_sun_song.html. She cracked up over it and asked to watch it again. It really is hilarious! But it gets stuck in your head and you remember it! Cory enjoyed watching that one too, haha! 
We did sight word flash cards and work sheets, watched a leapfrog show about opposite words, did a lesson in "Teaching your Child to Read in 100 easy lessons". She practiced writing her name and the date. She watched the first lesson of Math U See which is all about place value and we talked about it and reviewed it together. We sang the A-a-apple song (MFW) and she read books aloud to me. We had snack time, lunch time and recess time! It was a very full day, and I'm proud of us for getting through everything. Throughout the day I would do reviews to make sure she was actually learning what I was teaching. She did great! I'm looking forward to another great day tomorrow! Here are some pics from our day....


                                Our big girl on her first day of kindergarten!!!

                                      Little Sis had to get in on the action too!!!

                                          Silly Girl!!!

                                        Our makeshift Morning Board. This will get better and look                                                prettier in time!

                                                 
                                   Time for Recess! Our brains needed a break!

So, over all I would say Day 1 went off without a hitch. We are looking forward to another great day tomorrow!!! :)