Wednesdays are such busy days but oh how I love them. We are about to wrap up our first year in a co-op. What a challenging blessing it has been. A challenging blessing you ask? Well we completely changed curriculum, nothing new here, but we added the co-op as well. Our co-op uses Tapestry of Grace as the base of what we do. We also use the best science program we have ever seen. If you haven't checked out Apologia Science, you need to check out their books. My kids have learned so much and are so excited about this wonderful science curriculum. I don't know how to add links so please forgive me.
Tapestry of Grace is a classical based History/literature/world view/writing/... curriculum. It covers from the beginning of time up until the current times. It allows all the children in your home to study the same time period at the same time, just on different levels of the learning trivium. What is even more wonderful, you only buy that time period once. All in all, you buy four years and you have it all. Of course there are books to acquire but that can be done through the library, used books, friends and book fairs. There are many possibilities. And what home schooler do you know that doesn't love acquiring books.
Back to why I love Wednesdays. Our co-op has something special that takes it beyond meeting together to learn. We hold the kids and the adults accountable for the work that week. We look out for one another. It is hard to put my finger on it, but I know that God has his hand on this group of families. We have had a few issues that could have blown up in the face of the ladies but instead God used it to bind us together and grow. Our leader had to take a sudden leave of absense and though we missed her dearly, people came up to the plate and filled in seamlessly. God is good, God is very good. As we wind down for the summer, we look forward to a break in work. But we long for the new year as we know God has wonderful things in store for us all individually and as a group. And we even plan on getting together during the summer because we just can't imagine going a whole three months without seeing each other. What a "spiritual" thing we have going. It is just hard to put to words.
Blessings to you all, tog_mom