The Shocking Truth of a Homeschooling Dad

Ya know its funny! Of late we've been predictable. Its summer so when dh gets home from work, we can be found lounging around the living room watching TV or maybe mum on the computer, older dd in her room reading and the little one running from end to end of the house! Its too hot to do that outside so the playground right now is indoors.

As the school year begins, I often wonder dh thinks when he gets home. I've never been the best house-keeper (I'm working on it!) Sometimes he finds books strewn from one end of the house to the other. The girls will pick up a book and read and you can usually trace the trail of them by following the books they've left in their wake! They get picked up later but still that trail is evidence of learning happening which is a sign I want to hang inside our front door! "Please Excuse the mess, we're busy learning!"

For the next little while though the girls and will embark on a journey to 1764 (with AG Kaya of the Nez Pierce or Nimiipuu) to learn about the Native American people and events that happened during that time. Kaya, the American Girl doll is a good catalyst for us to start with!

So with that in mind, the above layout shows 3 things... what the girls thought of our first activity, what our first activity looked like and dh's face when he saw our handiwork!

(papers from Outerbanks by Eva Kipler, layout inspired by the August 2008 Ad-spiration Challenge at Gottapixel, fonts Myriad Pro.)