Adventures with an Only Child

May. 7, 2008

Summer Session Plans

Posted in Kindergarten

I have realized that S(4.75 yo) has already met or surpassed the goals I had for him for this school year that I called K4.  I called it K4 rather than preschool because of a couple of reasons:

  1. He wanted to learn to read
  2. He wanted me to read chapter books
  3. He had already achieved almost all of the skills listed on the World Book Curriculum Standards for Preschool

So I am taking an extended "summer session" lasting from May through August.  I will continue to read good literature that I can find in our library from lists and recommendations I find from other homeschoolers using the Beechick, Mason, and/or Classical philosophies.  We will work on expanding our nature study, art and music appreciation.  I have ordered Keys for Kids and am hoping that will work for our Bible study and devotional.  He is taking swim lessons, attending a 3 day a week camp for 4 weeks, Zoo camp for 1 week (mornings only) and we are going on one week long vacation in June and a possible shorter trip in August.  I will choose good books for his book basket, but I will also let him have a say in what he wants to read.  I will have him practice his letters and numbers once a week and reading 3 or 4 times a week.

In my head it didn't sound like much, but now that I'm writing it down, it sounds like a lot.  Mostly I just want to have learning available, but let him lead the way.  I want him to have plenty of free play, but I want to be ready to take advantage of the opportunities where we find them.  I will attempt to blog weekly about what opportunities we found during the previous week.


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