Hey, welcome to Kitchen Table School. I am Jordan Whitfield, I taught middle school maths for twelve years, and for the last few years I have been teaching my own two kids at our kitchen table in Portland. This show is for families who are homeschooling or thinking about it, and today I want to talk to the people who are about to spend eight hundred dollars on a boxed curriculum. Please wait. In this episode I will explain why the first month should look nothing like school, what you should actually be doing in those weeks, and the three questions you need answered before you buy anything. Then I will share the weekly rhythm that saved our family after a genuinely chaotic first semester. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts.