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Hard to believe.  We will be heading to Chuck E. Cheezes tomorrow to celebrate.  We have a few last projects to follow up on over the summer, but for all intensive purposes, 2nd grade is already behind us.  Where does time go?  Third grade sounds so old!

We've loved MFW and I'm currently sitting next to a pile of books for our Exploring Countries and Cultures year that we'll jump into probably mid-July.  I also just got done ordering our Math U See books for next year.  Be sure to check the new link to the MUS blog on my sidebar!   Hearing other families struggle, I'm so thankful that we started out with MUS from the start and are getting a great foundation in the working of math from an early age. As a dyslexic mom, I find myself relearning math right along with our kids and wishing someone had taught me this way from the start! Numbers and their relationship to one another make sence to me for the very first time!

We found Times Tales to be an incredible supplement to our math too. I wouldn't want to use TT alone, because MUS gives us more than just memorization, but the "why" of how equasions work, and I want my kids to have that foundation before rote memory. But after understanding how we get our answers, TT was great for filling in the memorization with instant recall of 6-9 multiplication facts.

Have a great summer!  If I don't see you sooner, I should be checking back in with a 3rd grader (and a Kindergartener too) in July!