Summer homeschooling

We are very academically focused in our homeschooling from September to early June. Janine schedules what our girls are to study and do each week. But in the summer we relax and let our girls play more. In times past we've tried various approaches to keeping the learning process going while letting our girls have a little fun.

This summer is our most relaxed. We still have a foster care boy which keeps Janine pretty busy. The older two girls and Janine went off to a church camp for a week, and then we were gone for another week visiting family and attending a wedding. All these things have broken up our normal summer programs designed for stealth learning.

Yet our daughters are learning:

Our second daughter continues to try cooking various foods.

We have our weekly trips to the library. And often two trips. Cause you know I've finished the fifteen books we checked out four days ago.

Hours of playing Civilization IV has given them a little insight into history, technology, and how societies develop. (And I've learned that my youngest daughter is a bit blood thirsty.)

We had an short discussion of tactics and strategy after watching Return of the King Saturday.

Our oldest signed up for band camp. She wanted it enough that she paid part.

And then there is all the socialization now that they have more time to play with their children.

Even though we've stopped the official program of education, it is nice to see our daughters are still learning.


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