Spring break and school planning

Today we made a quick trip to Idaho to buy another pig... sad story- Bug went out on saturday to check on his pigs, and one of them drowned in their water bucket. He was absolutely devasted. So after searching all weekend- we found some more piglets for sale up north, and took a road trip this morning to pick up one. We also picked up 2 more for a friend.

We have the rest of this week off for Spring Break- then we'll start school back up again. I like a break, but we all seem to go a little nuts around here without the routine of school. So I'm beginning the planning stages for the next few months. We homeschool year round, so we'll continue schooling through the end of June, take July off, then probably start back up again in August. We take breaks as we need them (ok- as mom needs them!)

This is the awesome Unit Study Curriculum we use for school for the older boys. Bug is using Beyond Five in A Row this year- and Doodle is doing some Five in a Row, some Before Five in a Row, and some units from this site I've even written a few units for Homeschool Share that I've used with my boys, they are in a Five in A Row style. Reading the book each day, and doing different lessons that go along with the book.

So starting Next week- Bug will be "rowing" Thomas Edison. Doodle is going to start next week with a Before Five in a row title The Little Rabbit. Roo of course doesn't like to be left out of the good stories and fun of school time- so I use ideas from Letter of the week. Though Roo's weeks are quite simple- he loves to read, so I feel I need to do some things with him as well.