Year Round
One great thing about homeschool: you can set the schedule to coincide with events in your life. Rose had a one or two month break earlier this year when Po Po (Her M'sian Grandma) visited. We just took it off so they could hang out. Then we got back to work, and for a month or so we made a lot of progress. Her reading, writing, and math skills are all solid. Yesterday at various points she correctly used the words phenomenal, catastrophe, and intrigued. And for Mother's day she wrote a book about a Kingdom with a Queen and Princess as the stars, and the Queen gave the Princess a bracelet in the story. We bought a bracelet to go with the book and she built a replica of the Kingdom's castle out of Legos. This was all 100% her idea and execution.
Given her progress, the break in the weather, and our new bikes and house projects, we started a new semester yesterday: our summer semester. We had two frisbee sessions, two bike rides, and a big play session in Hawkins Park.
Hawkins park is a teeny little park between our house and the Rosebud River. When it comes to a little park for neighborhood kids, we are so lucky to have it. It's like Calvin's little backyard. There are creeks, tons of trees, a river, tennis courts, and lots of little coves to explore. What a great first summer day!
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| At only 4 miles, from the Junction of E & W Rosebud Creeks, to the confluence of the Stillwater, Rosebud River is one of the shorter rivers in the world. Some maps, and most signs, label it as a creek. USGS has conflicting designations. All my friends and fam who have ever seen it agree: it's a river. Try to cross it. Go ahead. Don't want to? It's a river then in my book. |
