Day 1

Without school, what we have is time.  

Today is our first day where school is back in session and we are not going.  Emmett had preschool, so Scott stayed home from work to help Eleanor while I worked in the classroom (Tuesday is my work day for co-op).

I left her a list of things to work on while Scott worked from home.

-Fold her laundry (she did without hardly being asked, anyway!)
-Complete a few pages from her Math book.  She did that and more.
-Do a typing lesson on ________ a free learn to type program.
-Put laundry in the dryer (that she had put in the washer earlier)

When we got home from preschool she had built a big fort and made a pulley system to deliver food to her fort (Dad helped a bit, I presume!!).

Then we ate lunch and went to the library, picked out books, read for a while, checked out books and the movie Flubber.  Spent time watching that while Scott continued to work upstairs.  

I'm guessing the next 2-3 weeks won't be overly academic.  From what I have read, this is helpful to get students thinking creatively, detoxing basically, from school. 

We got some learning and some chores in... and we all are happy about it, so I'm declaring Day 1 a win. .