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I am getting ready to start the new "school year" with the kids, which I decided to do based on the yearbook idea from this blog post. I will take their photographs for this yearbook on Sept. 2, our first "official" day (though we learn year-round), the day after Labor Day. It makes for a good benchmark to review their progress and to see their likes based on their answers to this sheet I made (which may not be fancy but it's my version of something I read about on the original blog post) to be used each school year: Name________________________________________________________________________________ Grade________________________ Age_____________________ Favorites: Color________________________________________________________________________________ Animal_______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ In addition to this, I've been clearing out unused items, getting some lessons ready (but still too much I haven't done). Tomorrow we are going to attempt to complete our study of the Olympics, which includes putting together our lapbook. We did some of it yesterday. It was neat to see the kids copy Chinese writing to write their names. They designed their own emblems for hosting the Olympics (maybe Chicago could use one in 2016! I hope!). |