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The Johnson family's discoveries regarding classical education
Apr. 13, 2006
New working schedule, and PE possibilities
Life
has continued on at a busy pace, and I apologize for my long absence
hereabouts. We lost the first baseball game of the season, and
have had several more practices since then. The second game got
rained out. His next game is scheduled for this coming Monday.
I must confess that since our move, our homeschooling has been
extremely "informal," to put it mildly. One could even call it
"relaxed." I finally sat down with my 12 yo son and we worked out
a schedule that we both felt we could live with. (That was
Monday.)
Now, as a veteran homeschooling mom, I knew going in
that (at least in our household) this plan would be tested from day 1,
and things will continue to get in the way over the long haul.
But I also know that on any given day we will accomplish more with a
plan than without it. And so it has been over these last few
days. Now we may need to work out a bold new plan (grin), since
it is looking like we will have a way to add in some PE on several
mornings each week. We are looking into the city's park and
recreation brochure, which offers some facilities with swimming pools
and fitness centers. For a monthly or seasonal family pass, we
can get unlimited use of these facilities. We are seriously
considering this. My daugher is really missing the daily swimming
she did before we moved, and this would, I think, help her quite a bit.
And, yes, we are studying ancient Greece ... sort of! I am still
trying to locate the books that I know I have, in a box somewhere ...
but I *did* come across one book that will be of some use to us in the
meantime. My son is already familiar with many of the Greek
myths, so we reviewed a few of those in a small library book. But
I have a book by Isaac Asimov, which is non-fiction.
(gasp!) It is titled: The History of Physics,
and he manages to make it pretty interesting, at least the parts I've
read so far. There is some evolutionary stuff in it, but we
generally kind of chuckle and shake our heads at such remarks.
Anyway, we will learn about some of the Greek scientists, which is
something I have been wanting to get into more this year.
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