Notes from the Trolley Station

Jun. 18, 2009

Reflecting on the school year

We finished our "official" schooling last Friday! I had hoped to finish by the end of May, but May was busy and we were able to stay on track but not catch up on where we had fallen behind. I've started compiling Keegan's portfolio, which has helped me realize just how much we covered in a limited amount of time! It's so easy to get caught up with thinking that only the time spent with a curriculum is homeschool time. I'm still working on unschooling myself and realizing how many learning opportunities normal daily activities provide. Especially reading books from the library, playing Lego's, and playing with friends.

Now I'm already thinking ahead to next year! I already ordered Math Mammoth and LLATL for next year. Like always, we won't use a curriculum for the rest. I have some wonderful books that we picked up at a used book sale with fun nature-based science experiments. For history, Keegan is looking forward to studying Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, which we'll combine with readings from the New Testament. We also plan to study the Middle Ages, using a curriculum I designed for a co-op class.

But for now, summer is at hand. It's time to garden, explore, splash in rain puddles, and play at the beach!

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This is a compendium of favorite resources, techniques that have worked well for us, and sometimes funny accounts of our homeschool activities, written by a mama who splits her time between homeschooling an 8-year old boy, working part-time, and running a homebirth midwifery practice. The blog title comes from our home, a renovated trolley depot.