The First Day of the Rest of Our Lives . . .

So tomorrow is the big day. My baby boy's first day of Kindergarten. It feels so very strange. We are so thrilled with the school he is going to. He is going to Providence Classical Christian Academy. It is a university model school where he goes to school 2 days a week and I teach him at home 3 days a week. It really has the best of both worlds...he gets the benefit of a Christian School education as well as the benefit of one on one instruction from me and more family time. It took us a long time to come to the decision of sending him to Providence. I had pretty much intended on sending him to some sort of 5 day a week school. But slowly over this last year, God has changed my heart. We now realize this is a great fit for our family. University Model schools are becoming more and more popular and are popping up all over the country. You can check out the website for the National Association of University Model Schools at www.naums.net . Another really great thing about Providence is all the support they give you. They have a Providence Moms group and they assign you a mentor mom. They also provide training sessions to help you along the way. We've already had a few get togethers this summer and I'm getting to know other Providence parents. This has helped to build our excitement for the school year.

Avery loves to learn. He is very bright and I think this school will challenge him well. He also has the opportunity to move up or down in math or reading based on his ability. I love that option. He has a good friend Titus from church that will be in his class, so he's really excited about that. Although, I'm pretty sure he believes he'll be playing Power Rangers and Star Wars all day with Titus instead of learning....but oh well, he'll soon find out! :)

You want to know how big a dork I am?? I got so giddy about his school supply list! Or is that the elementary teacher coming out in me? It was so fun to shop for his first ever school supplies. I'm pretty sure I enjoyed it more than he did! FYI: I've had them all ready to go for a month now. yep...big dork.
Here is our calendar for our at-home school days. We just went to the education store this morning and got all the parts laminated. It's right by our kitchen table which is where we'll do most of his school work.
I really didn't think Avery starting kindergarten would affect me that much since he's only going 2 days a week. However last night, it hit me that my sweet baby boy is starting kindergarten. That is monumental. Our lives are about to CHANGE! Pin It