Right now, we are in a part of our homeschool year where we need to really knuckle down and do some hard work. It is a little deceptive because we have already finished more than a year worth of grammar and vocabulary, the nationally normed standardized tests are complete, Christian has finished his logic and is in his last week of hand writing, spelling has been paused until next year, Piano Festival is over for Kelly and she is doing much less letter and story writing, and there much is less running around to do since Lorena decided to wait until the fall to take another class. On the surface, there is less scheduled activity, but it is hard to study when the sun is shining. That is all mitigated by one of the prime goals of the Chapman homeschool and that is to complete everything well and complete it on time so we can take the whole summer off without any though of school at all.
To finish well, there is a ton of meticulous work required to write the annual research reports. In their Algebra studies, both Kelly and Christian are in critical sections that will provide a base for much of their future classes, there is a lot important material in their literature and history. We had a good discussion about it all last night and we are all going to work hard to get everything done well so we can go to Mexico with a clear conscience.