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It seems that every year we start out with such high hopes--we're going to all learn to speak Latin fluently this year, and conduct dinner conversations every second Thursday in Greek! We shall write a novel together! We shall build our own telescope! You get the picture. But somehow by the middle of the year we lose steam. I think what I need to realize after six years of homeschooling is that THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR. So what does that mean? It means we should take advantage of September and October, when we're fresh and enthusiastic. That's the time to launch the big projects, to tackle the hard subjects. It means that we should take the winter months a little bit more lightly. We've cancelled swimming lessons for the next two months just to give us more time to hang around the house. We're going to go skating twice a week, though, because the kids love that. Scheduling in things the kids love is very helpful. It also means that I need to realize that we all have our ups and downs, and that that's okay. Things will be up again, probably in direct proportion with the thermometer. Until then, I'm going to drink lots of hot chocolate, and concentrate on the subjects we like. It's okay. The enthusiasm will return. |
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