The past few weeks have been somewhat of a blur, but somehow this semester we've done well (or rather the kids have done well). My oldest has managed to finish an entire year of math in about 4 months! Pretty impressive, if I do say so myself. English is still struggling with the older two, but I'm planning on buckling down on that next year to get them caught up to speed and make them more confident in their writing.
All in all, we will finish well this year- and for that I'm truly grateful. This summer there will be no 'loose ends' that need to be dealt with and August/September will see us starting on a clean page.
The more I think about next year and some of the things we'll be doing, the more excited I'm getting. I really feel that our direction for next year is where it's supposed to be- and I have peace. I'm also not thinking a whole lot about what the kids are going to say about it and just praying that my enthusiasm will be infectious enough to help turn the corner on some of the bad attitudes we've faced over the past two years.
I'm hoping that the summer break will help us take a breather and work on teaching/learning chores for everyone so that the fall/school/household will run much smoother than we have up until now. It all goes together, and we just have to figure out how to walk it.
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