I have always seen the month of September as the real "new year" and that was certainly the case this month too. The first two weeks gave us a gradual transition to our new fall schedule, as we slowly added activity by activity. But September 14th officially kicked off fall with our co-op orientation.
When I homeschooled there weren't co-ops to be found, but as homeschooling has become more and more popular the last two decades, co-ops have likewise become pretty popular. I visited several back in February and talked to as many people as I could about their various co-ops and eventually settled on Home Instructional Support Co-op. It meets every Monday in Federal Way, from 9:30-2:30 and runs in 6 week units. I originally signed up for the co-op with the understanding that Ezra *could* begin their kindergarten program but alas he is in fact too young, so he's in the preschool program.
I am in the nursery from 9:15-12:15 every week with Isaac, and our classroom is right next door to Ezra's classroom and conveniently has a door (with a glass window!) between the two rooms, so I get to peek in on Ezra pretty often. The nursery has 12 kids in it (including Isaac), ages 3 months to 3 years old. It's a lot of work and, to be perfectly honest, it's not my favorite age group, but I love being with Isaac and I'm happy to do it so that Ezra can be in the preschool. As of yet we haven't introduced a schedule or many activities, but we'll see how it goes.
I don't totally know the preschool schedule yet, but they have craft time, circle time (where they recite their memory work and go over the daily/weekly/monthly calendar), show and tell and so on. I will know more details soon!
