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I hope to get started on homeschool planning for the start of the 2008-2009 school year Saturday afternoon. I was not going to buy the Sonlight curriculum this year, but after talking to Kelly, I decided to get the literature for the ninth grade program. We all just love those books and it would be a shame for her to miss any of them. This is the first year we will not be using one of the Sonlight Core programs. Kelly has done well on the CLEP tests, so we have decided to have her prepare for additional tests in place of those parts of the Sonlight program we do not feel are that helpful. She just finished U.S. History I so she will start up with U.S. History II, studying it in parallel with preparation for CLEP Spanish. The Spanish test is a HUGE test counting for up to twelve semester hours (two years) of credit if she gets a high enough score. We will have Christian start preparing for the Freshman English Composition test a couple of months into the year followed by the Spanish test. Those should really be enough for him for the year as he will still be heavily into the Sonlight Core Curriculum for seventh grade.
Aunt Julia
Great pics! And what a great time I had… Lorena is such a great hostess. Well, actually the whole family made me feel welcome, but Lorena is an amazing cook, chauffeur, hostess… And I don’t want the kids to think I am going to forget our unfinished game of cribbage.
Dad
We loved having you Aunt Julia. We love you and hate all the other aunts and uncles because they don’t visit us!!! They could recover though, by making a quick trip out here.
Audrey
So knowing what you do now, will Christian be doing the US History with Sonlight that wasn’t that helpful for Kelly, or what will you be doing differently?
Lorena
We had a wonderful time with Aunt Julia! Thanks to my sisters in law, I learned how to cook and garden. 🙂 Come back soon! we love you
Dad
That is an interesting question, Audrey. I think we are going to do something different. In addition to not having the depth we wanted, the author of the course holds a very different worldview from our own. That would not have been so bad if she had not been so overt in her writing with respect to what we felt was rather radical biases.
GLADYS
Great Photos. Makes us want to make the trip!! To bad we are SOOOO OLD. Well one day we may just surprise you. Good for you, Julie to just do it!!
Love,
Dave & Glad
Dad
Gladys, EVERYONE in North Carolina would LOVE to see you.
Mom
Thanks for all the news and pictures you send, Ken. Keep up the good work. Love, Grandma, Mom Sarah
Dad
Thanks Grandma Sarah! We wish you would come out and see us.