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:
- He wanted to learn to read
- He wanted me to read chapter books
- 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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