Whew, I have lost the month of December. Hard to believe that is will be 2010 in a few days. What a year. I had a couple of really tough weeks in the last month. My planning wasn’t going well, and I was feeling like we had not accomplished enough for the year. Ben wasn’t doing well with his grammar (I have subsequently gotten a new curriculum). Matthew has really been pushing hard against math, he has hit a bump in where he does not like to perform the minutia of math, you know, the step by step calculations that are involved in most equations. He prefers to do it in his head, and if he can’t then he has been refusing to do it. Needless to say, I hit a low which was topped off with us all getting a bout of the stomach bug last week. We ended our semester early and are now on break. I will need to make some tweaks for next year, planning that I will start next week. I feel like I have let some of the fun of homeschooling go in an attempt to “get things done” . I think that I need to try to do more unit studies, and try to tie in the grammar, spelling and handwriting into those larger projects. Let math take off in a balance between what they like and what they must do. Grammar will remain difficult but I think I need to be more involved in Ben working through it. I also want to supplement Science and History for Ben as he needs to be pushed more. He has taken an interest in Mythology and reading about it on his own over the break and I ought to exploit that. And finally we need more field trips.
But anyway…… we are doing it. Now, I am getting a much needed rest and I am enjoying the holiday season. I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. As always, I will try to do better, and write more regularly next year, no matter the drama or difficulty or lack of time. My only plans at the moment: catching up on my sleep. Merry Merry.
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