Let the Homeschooling Begin!

We planned on Riley starting Preschool this year. It would have been the first year she could do it, so she still has 2 years until kindergarten. Hopefully that means she can have at least one year of preschool in the classroom. But as for this year, we felt uncomfortable sending her due to COVID. Especially since we live with my parents who are higher risk. So, what do you do when your kiddo can't go to school and you are a stay at home mom/former teacher? You homeschool, of course! This vlog is very jumbled because most of the time I am trying to be a good teacher and not have my phone in the "classroom", but here are some clips of my smarty pants starting to learn her ABCs, 123s, and a lot of other things! So proud of her!

*This was just the first week of our learning back in July. Since then, she has currently learned how to write Aa-Ee, her numbers 1-6 (she already knows up to 20 but we are really practicing it and her writing each number). She has also learned her days of the week, months of the year, different weather, and how to read some words! We do a sight word a week, so she has learned "I", "a", "the", "to", and "you". I am so proud of her and how much work she puts into school! She works very hard and powers through so well that our three hour school day really got cut in half because she puts such an effort into her assignments. We decided to do three weeks on, and a week off, so as not to get too burnt out. Hopefully she continues to show this love of the classroom as the years go on. I can't wait for next year and her be able to grow her social skills in an actual classroom as well as use all the knowledge that she has gained from our homeschooling. Way to go, Roo!