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May. 21, 2009
Ha....From February to May...all in a day!!
I started an entry in February and never published it so....there...it is now published. Here it is already May, though. :) Thank you, Marcia for encouraging me to keep writing.
We are finishing up school this week. We finished our Tapestry studies about two weeks ago and we are just finishing up details on math and english. The tutoring went well and we've made great progress on math. I look forward to starting next year with several of the kids ahead in their math studies instead of behind. I've included a picture of Flat Stanley. My neice's class in Massachusetts is participating in the Flat Stanley project where they send Flat Stanley all over the country and have his hosts send him back with details about their area of the country.
Our family does not school year round like some do. We do have some educational goals for the summer, though. Along with lots of regular summer activities like swimming, vacations, camp, etc. we would like the kids to work on some skills that they do not normally have time for during the school year. We would like them to work on typing, word roots software, study skills, and speed reading. At the annual SHEM conference this year I purchased the College in a Bag from College Plus. It has a study skills course and a speed reading course included. I hope to squeeze these in for my high schoolers (of which I will have two this coming year! Andrew is entering his freshman year and Heidi will be a junior.) I hope to set aside time for the younger kids to continue reading, especially Ian. He did great with phonics this year and can read his phonics readers. I don't want him to stop and then by August when we start up again, have forgotten everything he has learned.
We have a small garden planted, as of this week. (Thanks, Kim!) We have regular, roma and cherry tomatoes, jalapenos, green bell peppers, cucumbers, yellow squash, cilantro, and cantaloupe. We also have some watermelon to plant but need to find another place outside the garden because they take up too much room. The kids blessed me with lots of flowers to put in my planters for Mother's Day.
This week we also poured a concrete slab out off the north side of the house. The economic downturn has made it so that bartering is back. That means we are being reimbursed in concrete. That's okay because we've traded drywall for a number of things over the years...even braces for one of the kids. The concrete is where we normally put up our pool so the kids have been anxious to get this project finished so we can get the pool up. It will be great for basketball, rollerskating, etc.. in the winter.
Heidi has been making some progress on working toward her driver's license. Over the school year it is hard for me to take the time to bring her driving. Now that summer is here I hope to get her out driving more. Kimberly has been taking her out over the last couple of weeks, too. So she's on her way.
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May. 26, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Love,
Marcia