Oliver turns three

I had planned to start homeschooling Oliver when he turned 3. We bought him the sonlight P3/4 curriculum for 3-4 year olds. It came in a big box fed express from the USA. It was very exciting (for me).

However my understanding and views of homeschooling have changed quite a bit since I first thought about the whole homeschooling idea. He has turned 3 and we are going to continue what we have been doing ie. going out on excursions, cooking, pottering around, going to the park, and doing lots of reading. We do lots of reading. I know I am very priviledged to have a child who enjoys reading. I love reading and I love reading children's picture books and this is one of my favourite parts of being a mother; reading to them. Snuggling up on the couch under a blanket with a good book. Bliss.

Since Matty has been having a decent post-lunch nap, Oliver and I read for a while at that time. Then we read for half an hour to an hour before bed at 7pm. That's a decent hour or more a day on a good day. Some days we aren't at home during the day, or we go to sleep early, or we're just not really in the mood for reading. Then we don't do it. So this isn't what we do every day, but what we do most days or what I'd like to do. Anyway, that's my plan for the rest of Oliver's 3rd year. To keep reading. Reading lots and reading good books and reading the bible together.