The pirate study is rapidly coming to a close and I've been thinking for a week or so about what to do next. I've got lots of ideas, but...

How on earth do we follow what has been the most successful 3 weeks of homeschooling we've ever had?

I feel enormous pressure (entirely self-generated) to continue this amazing run of wonderful, enthusiastic, productive days with more of the same. Can we do it? Should I even try or was this just a fluke that will become a happy memory of what our homeschooling could be and yet will never be again despite all our best efforts?

Maybe I should just forget it and go back to default mode which for us means no unifying theme, just  the regular day-to-day stuff. It may not be exciting, but it's pleasant enough. At least I know he doesn't hate it.

This is what success breeds in me- fear of failure. Pretty pathetic, eh?

"Oh, come on, Theresa," I told myself. "At least give it a shot."

So, I made a list of  a dozen or so "topics" that I thought Superboy might like to delve into next. I thought really hard about the things that I knew interest him and put them on the list. I also came up with some ideas that I thought were unusual enough to spark curiosity. I showed the list to Superboy. You guessed it. Blank stare.

Back to the drawing board.

(He did seem interested in the Olympics, which I had as a choice, until I thought about it and remembered that we don't have TV so that really makes it hard to watch the Olympics. So that's out.)

Then I came up with World Architecture. He seems enthused. Not as enthused as he was about pirates, but, hey, who would be? I'll take what I can get.

So, that's what were off to next. I guess...