I'm fairly certain that public school kids don't DO their first day of any grade while on a road trip, but here at our house, that's exactly what we did!
January 12, 2009-- official first day of 6th grade for kiddo. However, my son had an appointment with orthopedics at the Chicago Shriners Hospital so, with lessons in her purple backpack, we hit the road!
Turns out, my son (nearly 17.5 yo) wasn't suggested for another surgery at this time. Instead he's to return in July for another eval. Whether he gets a secondary surgery is, surprisingly, up to him the doctor said. I'd be totally shocked if my son opted to have the surgery. The doctor said the 1.5" difference in length in his legs is greater than that which would be considered "quite okay", but that if he isn't feeling a lot of discomfort well then that's okay, too. *sigh* Both me and my ex-husband agree that long range issues may develop if he chooses to not have a surgery, and said as much, but the doctor was very specific in saying it was my son's decision. So July it is.
In any case, first day lessons for my 6th grader consisted of Math, Grammar, History, Memory work, and Literature. Here she is working on math in the lobby of the Shriners Hospital--
She got all of her work done before we returned home and only had to work on assembling a President Card (for her President Card Deck) at home. She was glad to be back to school, even if it was mostly spent in the van and a lobby!
After leaving the Shriners Hospital we headed back to home, but went to an area library where she had two books on reserve. I treated us to icecream afterwards. (Wish I'd thought to have taken a photo!) A nice start to another year of homeschooling!
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Lisa C.