As our school year has gotten off to a rocky start with a summer virus interrupting our rhythm quite early in the game, I am reminded that I am not in control. I had such wonderful plans in place to be sure that this year would be smooth and organized. I made my file box organizer with copies of all worksheets, tests and quizzes for the year. I got each child their own school crates and attached binder rings with laminated task lists for each subject on each child's crate or workbox cart. We were so ready to jump into the year and move. We went to our first day at co-op, and one of my guys caught a lovely beast of a cold. All of us, save my oldest son, ended up sick. Ugh!
Well, God is in control and He has His ways of reminding me of this. All of my planning and organizing was not in vain, but it is not what will get us through the year. Getting sick three weeks into our school year was not in my school planner! Only by his grace, can I teach my crew of half a dozen.
We are entering week 4 of the school year and we are doing much better this year than last in regards to getting things done efficiently. My push for some older middle children to become more independent is bearing fruit! My little laminated index cards seem to be a bigger help than I anticipated. I wish I'd done something simple like this sooner!
I hope the Lord blesses your homeschooling endeavor this year as we are nearing the end of August. He is your strength. It is only by his grace we can give our children all they need!
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