Finished Beyond! Summer plans?
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 8:49 am
We finished Beyond on Friday, and so today (Monday) is our 1st day of break! The kids are enjoying "just playing", and I'm enjoying cleaning the house. (Sad, I know! ha!) While we certainly enjoy doing school with HOD, it is so nice for us to take a "hard-earned" break. We celebrated with an Auntie Anne's Pretzel on Saturday, and I've written up "end of the year evaluations" for my older two. I reviewed my dd's with her and Dad last night, and we'll do my ds tonight. So now...I really feel that sense of closure on this year. 
Are any of you planning on schooling through the summer or just doing a few activities to maintain skills? We'll still be doing some work in the summer (math facts and probably Emerging Readers for my ds(7 y/o), math review for my dd (8), and TRL for ds (4), and maybe continue LHTH with him. I'm torn on LHTH b/c I really like the down-time of summer break and not being on a formal schedule. So other than keeping up with those basic skills, we'll probably just have fun, unscheduled learning (like, reading books to the kids that we never get to, playing more games, etc). And, of course, soccer and swimming lessons will be thrown in there, Vacation Bible School, maybe a sports camp.... I'd like to even take Tennis lessons myself, but we'll have to see about that! ha! Anyway, I'd just like to hear what others are planning to do!
And... on to planning for Bigger!
Being able to plan and drool over the books and activities is half the fun!
Are any of you planning on schooling through the summer or just doing a few activities to maintain skills? We'll still be doing some work in the summer (math facts and probably Emerging Readers for my ds(7 y/o), math review for my dd (8), and TRL for ds (4), and maybe continue LHTH with him. I'm torn on LHTH b/c I really like the down-time of summer break and not being on a formal schedule. So other than keeping up with those basic skills, we'll probably just have fun, unscheduled learning (like, reading books to the kids that we never get to, playing more games, etc). And, of course, soccer and swimming lessons will be thrown in there, Vacation Bible School, maybe a sports camp.... I'd like to even take Tennis lessons myself, but we'll have to see about that! ha! Anyway, I'd just like to hear what others are planning to do!
And... on to planning for Bigger!
Being able to plan and drool over the books and activities is half the fun! 
We are taking it easy-peasey right now and loving it. We are doing a Bible quiet time with everyone in the living room each reading their own thing. I love this. I told them that Bible time is something we never stop because it's our own private time with the Lord. I read a story or 2 from a story Bible to my toddler, and then he pages through it or quietly plays with his tractors. I had my older 2 dc choose what they wanted to read for their Bible quiet times. My middle ds decided to continue reading through the 10 volumes of the Arthur Maxwell series - he loves it. My oldest ds decided to do his "Building on the Rock" series along with looking the accompanying passages up in his own Bible. I asked them what things could be part of a Bible quiet time, and they said Bible reading, devotionals, singing hymns, singing praise songs, and prayer. I told them they're welcome to make their own Bible time and choose the parts they want to do each day. It's been neat to see what they choose. My toddler always has me pop in his "Singing Bible" CD from LHTH, and I was surprised that he requests the songs that go with what I just read in his story Bible because it's a different Bible than the one we use with LHTH. It's neat to see the connections even the little ones make by using HOD. My older 2 sons end up doing their Bible quiet time long after I'm done with mine and singing with my little Emmett. It's a blessing to see. I am thankful my dc understand what a Bible quiet time is, and I credit HOD for that.