We tried to do school today for the first time. It was pretty anticlimatic. I mean, we read and color and cut and paste every day. With a four year old, what more is there to do? Brenna has been saying that she wants to do school, and to be honest, I want to do school. Ever since I’ve decided that I am going to homeschool my kids I’ve just wanted to get going with things. Which is ironic after my last post. I’m longing for my little baby to stay little while I’m trying to make my four year old grow up faster. The amount of “school” Brenna is ready for has already been incorporated into our lives since she was born. We read novels and magazines and picture books and reference books. We look up every bug and bird we see. We sing songs. We cook together, fold laundry and make beds… As a real believer in A Thomas Jefferson Education, this is all I need to do in “Core Phase.” My little kids just need to be learning right and wrong, good and bad, their relationship with God and their place in our family through work, play and family routines. So, why am I trying to impose this structure? Brenna says she wants to learn to read. She can read simple three letter words, but she gets “too tired” when we sit down with the Hooked on Phonics. I guess I thought if I formalized it some magic would happen and her attention span would automatically increase. Not today. She did learn to play Uno, though. We call it learning Math.