Sometimes I get so caught up in providing my daughter with a better education than she would get in the public school alternative to our homeschool, that I forget that she needs down time, too.
I get caught up in the idea of what science curriculum we will use when she finishes her current one. Our core curriculum only has new science work through sixth grade. Though she just started 6th grade officially this school year, she will be through science by the end of the calendar year.
While she is surging ahead in science, her writing skills are not quite to grade level. She is a reluctant writer. We butt heads about this constantly because, well, I just want her to write more and better. So now I’m looking into a homeschool writing course so that she can have the experience of writing for someone besides me.
And I push, push, push. As she gets higher in middle school, I realize I am pushing her harder, (because the work is harder and there is more of it). She complains that we don’t do enough fun school, and only do “work” school.
So this week, when most students have the entire week off, I am backing off just a little bit. She is doing science, because she loves it. And she is doing a Thanksgiving Spelling list, because I need her to do some school this week. My nod to making it more fun is letting her cut up some magazines, and do some art work that corresponds to those words. Oh, and we are studying a bit of math…you know, the kind that results in a piping hot batch of chocolate chip cookies, and some fresh baked yeast rolls!
Have a great week and remember to give thanks for those things that mean the most to you.
Happy Thanksgiving!!






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