K'Nex Day
We are down to the last 5 days of homeschool. Most of my kids' friends are already out of school. They're ready to be done. I'm ready to be done. So what are we going to do? It's funny - the whole idea of homeschooling appealed to me because our kids could learn at their own pace and that we could learn in creative ways. I pictured our family doing puzzles, playing games, and creative play every day. Instead, for 8 months of the year, we are working hard on core academic subjects. We don't have time to fiddle around with puzzles and fun things because we need to learn our multiplication facts and grammar basics. My kindergartner needed to learn how to read in 20 easy lessons - and we've only finished 9 lessons by the end of the year. Granted each lesson was 19 pages, but still...I always think we're going to be farther along by May. Ah well... We are done with testing. We have had our portfolios evaluated. So here...