Posted in The School Room

We love the day our school curriculum arrives. It's like Christmas. I had to order it early this year as they sent notification that the shipping price was going up big time in a few weeks. We do Sonlight and it is expensive, but I don't have to buy anything else for the entire year, except pencils and things. Although this next year I will be doing a different reading programme. WE're trying out Easy Grammer and Daily Grams for this year to see how it goes. It looks great though and so easy to use.

I had fun last night getting my Sonlight materials all set up and now they're in the bookcase waiting for next year. I love getting organized! We have a different grading system here in NZ - it's so confusing - they've just recently changed it to a Year 1, 2, 3 etc system from the old Standards and Forms. I don't know what was wrong with the old way. So I prefer to use the American grading system - it's much easier to follow, especially as we use American curriculum. So I have a 3rd grader and first grader and the Sonlight is great for adapting to both ages.

I love the new boxes that the curriculum comes in now. The kids can have fun cutting it up to make a castle. So neat!