So...this time last year I was gearing up for becoming Midlife Homeschool Mom and now I am figuring out how to finish my first year in this new endeavor. I spent two hours tonight compiling my final 6-week curriculum calendar and let's just say...my mantra for this year should be "Best Laid Plans....". I've started each day/week/month with a great-looking calendar - and then my boys enter the picture and chaos ensues!
I'm encouraged that it looks like I'll be able to "finish" more subjects in my curriculum than I expected when I saw at mid-year that we were "behind". I began this year promising myself that I would go at my sons' speed and do what they needed, but I also realize now that if I stop for every issue Danny has, we will NEVER finish a school year, since his learning progress is so erratic and varies from day to day.
Anyway, I need to make sure that even if Danny doesn't "get" everything we cover that I go ahead and progress so at least he's exposed to all the new information he needs. We can always review next year when we encounter paragraphs or regrouping again - it (and we) aren't going anywhere!
Six more weeks...and then Mom will have a Summer Vacation Party!! :)
Smart mom and teacher -- yes, you are! So much of learning is repetitive anyway. And, I am not talking about rote learning, where you drill tables all the time. I think we learn in layers, or we weave things together until we start making connections to other things. That is when the best learning takes place. I think we even go over the basics when we are adults; and if we forget something, we look it up. But it is when we start seeing how one thing connects to another, that things start to click. And you certainly deserve a Summer Vacation Party. Woohoo!
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