I'm excited because

L has been asking to learn to read.  Unfortunately, we can't start yet since we're just about to have a massive transition, including lot's of packing and travel.  But we're planning to have him start in June, when our next school session will be. (Jomo will be studying for the bar.)  But now I'm really looking forward to his kindergarten school year.  I've been going back and forth over different curricula ideas and think I've finally settle on Ordinary Parent's Guide for Teaching Reading.   It looks gentle and straight forward.  No spending half the year learning the sounds of the letters (which he already knows) until finally putting some of them together.  I'll probably also use BOB books to go along.  He also wants to make some of his own little books, and I was able to find a great deal on this Evan-moor resource.  And I'm thinking about a couple of history story books that sound fun.  I've already posted about science plans, and as I was just packing up some of our science books, I realized we have plenty of resources and won't need to order much of anything.  For math I want to try something new for both kids.  Z is finding math very boring and is looking forward to something different.  It's called Developmental Math, which I believe is considered a "mastery approach."  But the thing I like about (if I can remember back to when I picked it out) it is that it's very visual, intended to be used independently, and inexpensive.  So for L I think I'll order Book 2, since he really seems to "get" math, and just use it whenever he seems ready.  Until that time, I'll plan to use Family Math which I picked up at a thrift store for a couple of bucks.  Ok, enough!  I'm done.