New School Year

I love fall, the return to routine, the crisp air and the school supplies!  Lily, Gabe and John are all looking forward to starting back to school in a more structured routine.  Although we continued with informal studies through the summer everyone is ready to get back to math lessons, history - Ancient Times this year - and the older two have even expressed their excitement at returning to grammar.
Here's some highlights of our summer learning.
 John holding a butterfly he caught:

A Western Painted Turtle we found at Horseshoe Lake:

Which resulted in some checking out some books from the library and a page in Gabe's Nature Portfolio.

Keeping up with learning our letters:

And more to follow in another post!