Sonlight Box Day
Look what arrived yesterday!
Our new curriculum for the upcoming school year.
They were supposed to arrive Saturday, but I guess they staged a Boxer Rebellion and didn’t get on the truck, keeping me waiting until Tuesday. Of course, it took until after 5 pm for the FedEx guy to show up, meaning my boxes sat in our hallway for a few hours. Everytime I passed by them, I patted them lovingly. Philip had choir practice so they had to wait while I popped into the shower before he left and then put the baby to bed. It was 8:15 by the time I got downstairs to give my boxes the attention they deserved.
I went right to work checking the contents against the packing slip, just smiling away at all the wonderful books we will be reading. When the children were done with their movie, they immediately pounced on the books.
Pumpkin Girl grabbed The Beginner’s Bible and read the first 3 stories. Boo chose Amelia Bedelia and a Frog and Toad book. I’ve read about how excited other children get when the Sonlight box arrives, and I was so tickled at seeing my own children get so excited, too. And to add to the fun, the box has a castle printed on the inside that we can cut out and assemble! We have not yet put together the children’s Playmobile castle, so this is perfect.
Once I was done with the inventory, I separated the books into piles by subject. By this time, the children had finished their first set of books and started examining the rest. Each new discovery was met with "Cool!" Boo found the book on ancient Greece and said, "Hey, this is the same as the movie." (They’d been watching "Hercules".) They were happy to find a new book of science experiments and its accompanying DVD and Pumpkin Girl was delighted at the new "Look With Me" art appreciation books.
Phil came home from choir practice to find that bedtime had come and gone and we were still downstairs with our books. We were all eager to share our favorites with him and Pumpkin Girl asked if she could read the Bible story from the new Bible. Then she read one of the stories out loud right then and there. (Can I just brag on her a bit here. She’s only 5 1/2 and can read The Beginner’s Bible, which is about a 2nd grade reading level. She really amazes me.) Then, right before they headed off to bed, Boo said, "Can we start 2nd grade tomorrow?" Pumpkin went upstairs with the bible tucked under her arm. Ah, it’s moments like these that warm a homeschooler’s heart.
Later I started putting together my instructor’s guide. I’m really looking forward to our upcoming school year. We’ll be studying world history from creation to the fall of the Roman Empire. I can hardly wait. Can we start 2nd grade tomorrow?
I understand! When my children were younger, I bought a lot of books from Sonlight’s great booklist and had them shipped here, overseas. We had to wait 14 weeks! When they arrived safe and sound, it was soo exciting.
warmly,
linda