On day 1 of homeschooling, I established two rules; two rules that I believed would be all inclusive. Rule #1 - Listen and obey your teacher, a.k.a. Mom. Rule #2 - Respect your classmate.

On day 3, I realized the "all inclusive" idea is apparently not a 1st or 2nd grade concept. We are adding new rules daily, just to clarify expectations.

Rule #3 - Pencils are for writing ONLY.
Rule #4 - Do NOT stab classmate with a pencil, refer to rule #3 for further pencil guidelines.
Rule #5 - Notify teacher immediately if you have been stabbed with a pencil.
Rule #6 - No drinks at the table. (Learned this one the hard way).

I'm thinking we'll be at ten rules by the end of the week, and at this rate, we'll have a ruleBOOK by the end of the year.