What's In My Teapot?

Now that we have officially completed our first month of school, and have 20 whole days under our belt, I thought I would give an overview of what first grade looks like at our house! The state of Pennsylvania does not require a child to be registered for school until age 8, so right now I have it easy from the aspect that since Elasa is not registered, we can do a lighter load and skip the affidavits, portfolios and required 180 days until she is in 3rd grade- two years from now. Because of this, I am focusing on 3 main subjects- math, reading & hand-writing- and waiting to do some of the "extra-curricular" subjects until they are needed. Of course we do a lot of reading and also participate in our church's Co-op School, so that helps round out the education! I like to start out our school day by reading aloud to Elasa and I chose the Laura Ingalls Wilder series, which we are both really enjoying! Some of the books are pretty familiar, as we've listened to...