The Magic Number
That is the day we shoot for in our home school.
By law, we must complete 180 days of school each year.
WE.DID.IT!
Friday was out last day for the 2013-2014 year.
I had pictures but alas, something is wrong with the camara or Picasa.
For our last day, we went to the local international farmer's market.
It's HUGE.
I let the kids pick out what was interesting to them.
We picked out food to make a Chinese inspired meal.
We picked out food to make an Ethiopian inspired meal.
We picked out food to make an Italian inspired meal.
So far, we've made stir fry and wontons and spaghetti.
Sawyer had to go into the hospital for platelets and blood, so we've been slightly derailed for Ethiopian inspired food but hopefully sometime today we will do that.
It has not been a banner year for home schooling.
We've been more into 'survival mode'.
We made it.
Next year we are making some changes that we hope will be for the better.
Judson will take 2 days in a home school Co-Op.
(fully accredited and he will have more of a brick-mortar experience
without the things we dislike about our public schools)
Ansley, we will tweak and add a few things to her routine but she will stay similar to this year because she likes the autonomy. She will get to benefit from some of the things we will be doing with Turner but without changing up the things she likes about her current system.
Sawyer we will tweak somewhat. Although, I'm not 100% sure how.
Turner will get the most changes. The semi-autonomous route we've taken with Judson and Ansley are not a good fit for him. Nor are many of the books that have worked with them.
So he will be given a more classical approach. Lots of literature, lots of Mom time, lots of exploration, and lots of music and art. Copy work. Memory work. Think-modified Charlotte Mason. There are some things that did work for him this year and we will be keeping those.
That is how we home school. Each year we try to re-evaluate and decide what worked, what didn't. Who needs what. How can we get it to them. We have never followed a complete boxed curriculum. More of a adhoc approach. It works for us.
While we are on vacation, I will be researching and ordering materials. We will probably start back late July or early August.
Meanwhile, it's SUMMER VACATION time!
