Well, we did it. We completed our first year of homeschooling. Julia is delighted to "be a first grader now." She was hooting and hollaring around the house earlier. I find myself feeling a bit the same, but a little tamer than she. Looking back I can tell that she has/we have made great progress. Her skills have improved greatly in all areas: reading, penmanship and spelling, math, understanding of science and history, art skills, music skills, even her athletic skills.
This summer will be a welcomed break for all of us (I think Karley is ready for the school year to be over too so that her playmate isn't busy all the time doing things that mom tells her to do). We will finish up her animal notebook with a few marine mammals and will continue reading, but I think the rest we are going to take a break from for awhile. As our advisor says, Julia needs time to soak up all that she has learned the past several months. I think my brain could use a break too. Which brings me to the upkeep of this blog. I think it too will take a summer break. I'm looking forward to doing some things for myself this summer (yeah, right! I'll be driving kids around all summer between piano lessons, gymnastics lessons, and swim lessons). I would like to get in some grown-up Great Books reading, some long overdue scrapbook projects, some household projects, and of course planning some fun new things for next school year. So, for now good-bye! As things get going late summer I will resume posting to the blog (who knows maybe even more frequently!). Adios!
