1st Week of School 2009

We began school Sept. 14, the Monday after Greg and I got back from Switzerland. I did spend parts of 3 days the previous week getting the kids oriented to using the workbox system. Anyway, our first day was very exciting for the kids, and the whole week went very well. The workbox system is amazing, and I'm so glad we found it! The only problem I'm having is that the activities we do in between boxes seem to just lengthen the day for Isaac. It works really well for Moriah since she's in Kindergarten, as she doesn't have as much work to do. Isaac likes having the activities to look forward to, but I'm having to require more boxes to be finished before he does them--just makes the day too long for him when activities are added to his twelve 3rd-grade level subjects. I'm not sure about how to work it all out. Here are some 1st day pictures, pictures of the kids working throughout the week, and workbox system in action!