End of year! Time to party.... or not....

Last day - hooray!



I used to always love the last day of school. I guess that is still ingrained in me but it's not quite the same when you homeschool! The kids are a lot less structured and I find that arguments and frustration seem to be on the rise during that coveted summer break. So this year we are continuing on with our beloved math game "Timez Attack!," maybe a couple of math lessons each week and reading. Hopefully, this will create enough structure that I don't constantly hear, "Mom, can we play Wii?"

Ahh, Summer!

What's the best way to get out of using summer to catch up on math? Change curriculum! Seriously, we were behind on math and were going to have to play catch up over the summer when I realized that my kids were bored with math. So I switched! We are planning to use Teaching Textbooks next fall. Actually Caleb is so excited about it that he has already completed about a dozen lessons already. Both Sierra and Jacob will be in TT5 but Caleb actually tested a grade higher than his "grade level" so he has started Level 4. Sierra is very sad to be finished with History of the Horse by Beautiful Feet but is alieved by the fact that Horsemanship camp starts on Monday. Is that timing or what? Jacob starts baseball playoffs this weekend. I am missing his first game since I am going to the Scope Homeschool Conference in Sacramento! I am so excited! I love going to conference each year. I encourage all of my homeschool friends to attend as well and be refreshed. Homeschooling is a long road but I am glad I have you to share it with! Thanks for listening....