Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - BFS #27: Summer
Summer Vacations
With summer rapidly approaching, many homeschoolers are finishing up and planning some summer events. Please share this week on your blog, some of your plans for keeping cool, relaxing, vacationing and planning ahead for the upcoming school year
We are officially finished with Kindergarten and we both passed! More on that in another post. But just because school is over, doesn't mean learning ends at our house.
Our summer plans are pretty simple and laid back. I have a book of 365 Outdoor Activities that we will go through and pick out what interests us to try.
I plan on study and/or collecting trees, flowers, insects, and we are hoping to lure some birds to our yard, but so far, no takers.
Last year we raised Monarch caterpillars and I want to try that again this year. It was FASCINATING.
We also are going to do some science experiments here and there. I have several books with easy and fun things to try.
We will continue to read. We enjoyed The House at Pooh Corners so much that I checked out Winne-the-Pooh from the library. We have some other chapter books that we will read through the summer as well as our plethora of picture books.
Another thing we have plans to do is to try and take advantage of any and all free activities offered in the area. The library has a summer reading program, Lowes and Home Depot have free projects every month, there are parks and nature walks, and anything else that comes our way.
I'm also thinking of working on a passage of scripture for us to memorize. I will have my 12-year-old brother-in-law a lot this summer and I think it would be neat for all three of us to work through a passage of scripture together.
A big goal for this summer is Cameron learning to ride without training wheels. He is not doing well so far. I think this is mostly my fault. I just don't have the stamina to walk around hunched over, try to keep him steady and make him go fast enough so that he can learn to control the bike. But, it took us a while to learn to ride WITH training wheels. That involved me taking him to a slight hill and giving him a push. I don't think that method will work this time.
We will don't take vacations. Unless you count house sitting for people while they are on their vacation. That's always fun to do and it involves packing just like a real vacation. We may take a trip to stay with some friends, but that is the extent of our travels.
Comments
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by eclecticeducation
Sounds like your going to have a busy summer (in a fun way)! :) I don't think we will be able to go anywhere this summer either, even for a weekend.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by KarenW
I am so far behind with BFS that I may as well drop out and take the class next year. LOL! Maybe I can still catch up. My 9 year old just learned to ride her bicycle so don't fear! You still have time. Actually, the hill is a good idea and worked with all of ours. Just make sure he has his helmet and maybe knee and arm pads and some soft grass to land in! Sounds like you have a fun summer planned.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by hugs4Him
We don't take vacations either. The most we've done is 3 days away now & then, but not this year. We'll also keep school going as long as possible this summer, then take off for a while after the babies arrive. I hope to do something light during that time. None of my kids have ever rode a bike yet; just can't get the time to supervise that one.
You have some great interesting plans; can't wait to read about them all!
Thursday, May 31, 2007 - Great plans!
Posted by tiredmom
Sounds like a great summer! I miss those days actually because now that I have teens the taxi stuff doesn't really end with the school year!
Thursday, May 31, 2007 - Bike tip for you
Posted by jugglingpaynes
Both of my kids were timid when starting, even though my daughter had learned to ride a unicycle first (she didn't understand brake pedals, I think.) Anyway, when we taught my son, a dad at the park told me not to hold the bike straight and push him started. You can put him in a big shirt and hold him by the shirt, but let him push off and put his feet on the pedals. This worked great, because my son was on the verge of learning for a long time but never seemed to figure it out until that day. He didn't rely on me holding him up anymore.
Peace and Laughter,
Cristina
