Jun. 23, 2009 - Summer Vacation
I had originally intended to have school year-round. However, at the beginning of June, I found myself feeling stressed out and burnt out, so we have taken the entire month of June off for our summer vacation. As the month comes to a close, I need to sit down and evaluate where we have been and where we are going.
Beth should be in Kindergarten this fall, but we chose My Father's World 1st grade curriculum for her. She has finished the first 20 days, and although the level of the work seems about right, I feel that the length of time that is required each day is a little bit of a stretch for her. When we start back up again, I am going to see how I can slow it down -- perhaps by stretching each week over two weeks -- so that the amount of work is appropriate for a kindergartener, but the level of the work is appropriate for Beth. I am a little concerned that having a formal curriculum is taking some of the fun away from school. I know that it seems more stressful to me to have a list of things that "need" to be done each day.
The break has been nice. It has been nice to be able to get up and go without feeling like we need to do school first. To be honest, I'm kind-of dreading hitting the books again. Am I the only one?
