August....delicious August...stretching out in front of us. We made the family decision to hold off starting school again until the first week in September. This is the latest start to school we have allowed ourselves ever. Mr. B and I are working as a team to fill his year with interesting things to explore and learn together since he is the last of the M family homeschooling.
High school has shaped up to be the greatest adventure ever for our family and with the decision to stretch Mr. B's senior year into two years, we have allowed ourselves some freedom to fill the days with a nice balance of academics and creativity.
For now, August will be filled with unschooling....Mr. B is really good at that. :)
Mom's August Plans
- Finish HFA Grade 7 and work on Grade 8.
- Complete all four August Newsletter nature study challenges with Mr. B at Grandpa's pond.
- Clean shelves and plan the first nine to twelve weeks of school.
- Work and paint in the garden.
- Make blackberry jam.
- Start working on my new counted cross-stitch from the Grand Tetons.
- Scrapbook the first part of 2011 (probably will only get the photos printed and organized)
Mr. B's August Plans
- Day with his brothers at the mini golf/go-cart/water slide.
- Read the rest of his stack of summer books. Pick up a few more at the library.
- Skim through several of his anatomy books for next year to get a general understanding of where we are headed.
- Wakeboarding with his Dad and brothers.
- Drive with Dad - driver's permit in his pocket.
- Play chess and Risk with friends.
- Pick the blackberries for Mom's jam.
- Swim, ride bikes, play basketball, and build with Legos when it is too hot.
- Convince Mom and Dad to let him take sailing lessons in the fall. (Working on getting this to happen...$$$)
As much as I miss the busy homeschool days with lots of ages and faces around the house, I am finding it sweet to have plans outlined in my head for just one student who is an independent learner and is capable of handling just about anything. It is far less stressful and makes me so glad that we worked hard all those early years to set good habits and skills in place.
There may be one wrinkle in my plans next week.....I have a jury duty summons that I hope will get cancelled. What a waste of an August if I have to sit indoors in a jury trial! I guess I could look at it as research for our government course.....not exactly how I want to spend the last few days of my summer break.
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6 comments:
Sounds lovely, Barb. Do you scrapbook digitally or traditionally, on paper?
For most projects I use traditional scrapbooks with paper and scissors. :)
I do digital (usually on Shutterfly) if I am in a hurry or if it is something like Yosemite for the 100th time...
I am glad to hear that someone else is not going back to school this month. I was beginning to think I was the only one who equates back to school with Autumn.
We always start school right after Labor Day. I could never get used to starting in August!
Blessings to you, Barb!
Big sigh of relief. We have started but I am still one foot in summer and one foot stepping ahead. A bit of swirling around me about planning details and just really longing for our beach vacation in a few weeks - which is where I do my annual goal setting and planning for each child :) We are accomplishing the basics though. Because we have been off of school since mid May. Your August plans sound just right. And I like the idea of spreading your son's senior year over two. I like that idea for lots of things.
We are trying to make August play out as slowly as possible - but here we are half way though! As this may be our last summer on the lake - (hubby gets transferred) - we just want to treasure each moment! Boys have finally - on their own - gotten into astronomy and have been taking surfing lesson on weds, reading in the evenings, friends, Stand Up Paddle boarding every day - and long sits in teh sun, tide pools. Math will wait until September for us too!
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