Success!

Today, our first day with our new schedule, was a success. Reading while the kids are still in bed worked out really well.

Additionally, we did The Story of the World today. I figured that if we listened to about 20-30 min. of it on CD, we would make fairly good time... sort of.. if we schooled year round. I ultimately decided to go with it over A Child's History of the World because of the map & coloring activities that come with it. I printed out the student pages for the two chapters we read today and they colored while they listened. I stopped the CD occasionally to check comprehension and explain things. Perfect for us. Exactly what I was looking for.

Tomorrow will not go as planned because I have a meeting in the morning. I'll try to at least cover the basics but I doubt we'll be able to get to Apologia this week. Maybe though.