Two weeks ago we were at the emergency room getting David’s head stapled and one week ago today we were getting the staples removed. No hospital trips today … yet!
14 days of school left and counting. I’m ready to be done, yet excited about starting a new year in August at the same time.
This week’s school days went by smoothly. Because it is too nice out to spend all day inside, I have been allowing the boys to save their independent work until the end of the day, so they’ve been enjoying spring and doing “homework” each evening.
We are finishing up some of our curriculms. Jack finished his Handwriting Without Tears book and only has a few lessons remaining in Singapore 1B. David finished the Language Arts section of Time4Learning.
We are only about three-quarters through Sonlight’s 1+2 World History and I have not decided if I will finish it when the new year starts or start new with Core 3 American History next year. I’m thinking I will start new with Core 3 because this year was our first year homeschool and I would like to start next year fresh and more organized. It will be harder to convince the boys to follow a new routine while continuing the same material.
Our “science” lessons this week have been in the garden. We’ve been learning that mulch helps are soil retain water and horse manure fertilizers are plants. I added 30 minutes of “hard” work outside to encourage Jack to spend time outside and develop a better work ethic. David already loves to be outdoors and volunteers for yard work.
That’s our week. Read other weekly wrap-ups at one of my favorite sites Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers.
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Yay for no trips to the hospital! Yikes.
I’m with you for starting fresh next year. Even public schools don’t always get all the way through their curriculum. I’ve use 1+2 and it’s a comprehensive curriculum, I’d imagine you’ve done enough.
Great week!
Ouch! The last two weeks of hospital visits don’t sound like fun. My kids have been taking their independent work outside and doing it in their “hide-out.” I love this time of year.
It always amazes me how we can be so excited about this year being over, but looking so forward to next year. I guess it’s the “grass is always greener” thing. Whatever it is, I’m already making notes and plans for next year.
We have 14 days to go too! I hope you are able to stay out of the hospital too.
I think it is wonderful how you are able to let the kids go outside and do work later in the evening. It has been raining so much here that it is hard to get out so we take advantage of it when we can.
That’s great that you’ve split your day into pieces to work for your schedule. I couldn’t imagine trying to get my child to finish up later.
I’m not too mean though. We’ve been sitting on the front deck and under a tree doing a lot of our lessons.