December! It's been a busy month and it's not over yet! But we have put homeschool away to enjoy our Christmas vacation. I will probably do a few read-alouds to catch up for the crazy days in October but other than that, we are off the hook! So I thought I would update early, to record what we did with our fraction of a month of school. This month I started something new with Sven, in an effort to make special time for him, prepare him for school someday, and keep him from interrupting our homeschool time. I have instituted Circle Time again. Before he starts Room Time (and I start school), we take five or ten minutes to be together. I sit on the rocking chair with Sven in my lap. We start by singing "Happy Family". Then I tell him a nursery rhyme (preferably one with actions). After that, he gets a book, which I read to him. Then we are done and he goes to get his toys for Room Time. It is very short but sweet and he seems less likely to interrupt scho