Last week of school

I decided to write a post about our last week. Actually our last week was a couple weeks ago, but I got lazy and never posted it. Here is just a little about the end of the school year for Sis. We spent most of our days outdoors and actually had a really nice last week (except for the part where I got so sunburned that I looked like a giant lobster.) We spent most of our school days in the backyard, went on a nature walk, and even took a small mid-week road trip to visit family. Here's Sis' "WE MADE IT!!!" last day of 4th grade picture.

History: I can honestly say that we have enjoyed the history portion of Preparing Hearts for His Glory this year. We have chosen to continue with HOD next year and Sis will be doing Creation to Christ. We finished off this years history by learning about the United Nations, modern day Olympics, and finally Vietnam (to which Sis responded "another war!" Unfortunately yes.)

Sis' last project was to make a brochure for the Olympics. It was fun looking at some of the Olympic gold medal winner of the past. We love to watch the games together and Sis is already excited about the summer Olympics coming up this year.

Reading: We read our final read aloud book for the year and it was a great one! It was called Twenty and Ten. We went back to WWII which we learned about last week. This story was about twenty young students in a German boarding school who decided to hide ten Jewish children from the Nazis. It was told from the viewpoint of one of the little girls. Even though the subject matter is very serious the text is playful and even funny at times. The kids loved this book, even Boo wanted to listen to this one. We finished it in just 2 days because they didn't want to stop reading! I have to say they saved one of the best for last, This might even be the kids favorite book of the school year.

Other than that Sis finished up all her other subjects. Now we can relax and enjoy a couple months  of nice weather. Well the kids can, I will be taking a few weeks off and then starting lesson planning for next year...the life of a homeschool mom!


Boo did not officially finish all of her MFW 1st grade. She did complete her workbook and her Old Testament. She will be working just a little through the summer with reading and math. We're still slowly working our way through the math lessons scheduled in our MFW guide since we started them mid-year ans we will be using the New Testament part of the reader to practice reading. I really want her to have a summer break and not feel overwhelmed though (she's worked so hard this year!)  so these lessons will be super short and only a few days a week. I might have her read a chapter of her reader to me before bed or we might do a short math lesson in the back yard when she's taking a break from playing.

We also took a really cool family trip for Memorial day weekend. It was actually really educational. We went to Mackinac Island Michigan. We learned about butterflies and bugs at a museum, we took a guided tour on horse and buggy and got to listen to the history of the island, experience our first boat ride, learn some history at a fort and watch war reenactments, use a real working sundial, and more. It's really easy to make vacations and trips educational. There are really learning opportunities every where we go.

As far as this blog. I plan on continuing to post through the summer as things come up or I find something to write about. It probably won't be weekly though until school starts back in August. We will probably start back early in August, because we plan on taking the whole month of Sept off of school to take the longest trip we've ever taken...14 days! and we will be visiting Disney World for the first time! We are beyond excited about that! I hope you all have a fantastic summer and continue to follow us on our journey next school year!