Yesterday at our homeschool co-op, I had a long talk with a good friend of mine, and passed along Intermediate Language Lessons and Karen Andreola's CM book.  She is driving herself batty worrying about not being caught up because some of her son's workbook pages aren't filled in.  It got me thinking about my where we are at our house learning-wise.  We use  a combination of Ambleside Online and Mater Amabilis with a few tweeks here and there.  It's primarily the reading lists that I look at, and we have a pretty far flung education.  I know that we have a much more interesting and exciting eduacation than he would get in a  traditional school

Sometimes, though, I still worry about missing things.  I'm blessed with a very bright child, but not a very motivated one.  He learns new math concepts quickly, but is lazy about accuracy.  He has great story ideas and narrations when he dictates, but can't seem to  transfer this to paper himself.  I've been told by others that much of this is normal for a boy his age, but still, a little effort on his part would be nice.  I feel like he's getting away with murder and not living up to his potential.  However, I'm not willing to chain us to a textbook.  I think I'm going to have to actually develop a (gasp!!!) schedule, which will be tough on all of us.  I need to really pray about how to proceed with the rest of the year, and also about next year to get him in  gear.