It started with a glimmer of possibility and pins [gotta adore pinterest]. I've always loved teaching the kids at home, then building on what they were learning in traditional school. Now I have the opportunity to sprout Guinevere & Scarlett up from babe [8 months] & toddler [24 months], to a home grown pair of geniuses. Our older kids have no shortage of brains either, we've never even had a C on a report card, let alone a letter further in the alphabet. Our oldest takes honors classes, and it prepping for PSEO [post secondary enrollment option] at the high school to earn college credits. The middle three are in the STEM [science, technology, engineering & mathematics] school in our district. We live in the largest suburb of Cleveland, Ohio and there are only 240 kids in the STEM School, and 3 are ours!
Before I even decided whether or not I was going go full bore on this, I decided to get my feet wet. This meant countless hours of research, digging thru books, learning supplies and taking inventory of what I had at my disposal. Much to my surprise my stock and resources were about 75% of what I needed to be fully functional. I made a list of what I still needed and then the famous
WISH LIST. I searched pinterest for DIY ideas for what I didn't have... and can you guess what I found? Yep, I had most the supplies to make what I wanted for the first few weeks! I still have a wish list on amazon, and I spent about $35 on misc. items, and 3 books I wanted. Its going to be journey...but we are ready! Coming soon will be the home center reveal!!
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