I'm chafing at summer's bit, ready for school to start again.  I sound like a "regular" parent () who sends her kids away come September first! 

But it's true-- transition to summer was hard for me (though the kids might not have noticed)-- and now I'm eager to start school again.  As our books for fall have trickled in, the kids have asked when we get to start again.

My friend Molly mentioned Genevieve Foster's The World of Abraham Lincoln to me as an antidote to the rapid pace history is taking.  We did Story of the World Vol. 3 last year, and it flew by... and I fear Volume 4 will whiz by as well.  So I was eager to check it out when Molly mentioned it, and it's in the mail on its way to me as I write.  I'd love to linger a little more over history.  Plus, we've got so much supplemental reading to go along with the westward expansion alone... (It makes me think of Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride saying, "Ty, you know I love to watch you work, but I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wife to murder, and Guilder to frame for it... I'm swamped.)

We went to Barnes and Nobles yesterday to pick up vacation reading for the kids.  They had a sale on (large) art prints. I picked up 14 Dali and 14 Monet for $10 each.  We didn't get to Chagall yet, so I have those ready as well.  For music, I've got Opal Wheeler's Schubert, Chopin, and Brahms for the fall.  We'll see how far we get with those before I buy more.  The boys still have a ways to go in their Singapore (math) books, so I didn't have to order those yet.  For physics, we're going to try a bunch of crazy experiments from Backyard Ballistics and read throughDavid Macauley's The New Way Things Work together.  I'm excited. 

I'll post another day about our literature selections.  And for geography, we're going to work on Africa.  If we ever finish that, we might move on to South America-- though I anticipate Africa taking us several years.  We'll see.

I guess my vacation from school did the trick: I'm refreshed and eager to get going again. 

Jeremiah 31:25 "I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint."

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Posted by Anonymous

Oh, good for you! I'm STILL waiting on my 2 highschoolers to finish up work, so haven't got that motivational break yet.

But you're inspiring me with your lineup! We have Backyard Ballistics and The New Way Things Work--and it'll mainly be the two boys, so I'm thinkin' that sounds great! And Africa--yeah, geography we should do some geography too.

Thank you!!

Jeanne

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