A Eureka! Moment

We are into our third day of school around here. My kindergartner is at her Catholic school until 3 p.m. and my 2nd grader is being homeschooled full time. We continue to have a snack/tea time at 4 most everyday where I put something yummy out on the table, with milk or juice for the kids and hot tea, usually, for me and we say a short prayer (usually to Our Lady). We read the Gospel, we read a saint story or do a special little something for a particular feast day. It's all so flowing. I don't even "announce" we're going to sit down for this, I just put the snack and juice out and they come ~laughing~

I had gleaned the inspiration for this from 4 Real. Many there (and within their blogs) discussed this being the natural time to incorporate the liturgical year and the catechetical lessons I've always done with the children. So, I began doing our daily reading and Faith formation acitvities within this time frame, most days, about a year ago. It has turned out to be such a natural, easy fit. I will often times read an extra chapter for Bridget from a current read aloud we are doing and she just loves that she gets in an extra chapter or two a day. Now that she's at school this is becoming a comforting "I'm glad to be back home" time for her and we sit and go through her homework together. Yesterday, Sam even decided to linger at the table with us and he worked on some math - by his own initiative! Woah!

My point is that it seems I've always been a homeschooler of sorts so maybe that is why I and Sam are feeling mostly comfortable as we ease into learning here at home. Thank God for small miracles.

Now, if I can just quit having those pop- up- in- bed-at-midnight moments of panic wondering if I'll be able to teach him all he needs to know this year I'll be doing just fine. You see, I really am just a novice at all this afterall and yet it seems the foundation has been laid. Unwittingly.
God is good.

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