Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Winding down the school year

It's just about May, and our children are almost finished with their school books for the year. They've both done incredibly well this year and I'm very proud of them! Next year Jaxson will enter 3rd grade, and Ellie will be somewhere between Kindergarten and 1st. This is because technically, she wasn't supposed to be in K until next school year, but since she was so ready to start we went ahead and did Kindergarten this year. So I'm just not really sure what to call next year. We may call it K-5 or we may call it 1st.
I'm planning on continuing Phonics through the summer with Ellie, and Math through the summer with Jax. Since we do a year around schedule, we'll take probably only a 6-8 week summer break before starting up again. We're really excited for next year, because we have some fun new subjects to do! We will be starting our first year in Latin, and we have found a really neat Art curriculum we'll be using as well that encapsalates both art instruction and art history and appreciation. We're also beginning our History rotation so we'll be studying Ancient History through the fall of Rome. What could be more fun? :P Okay, so I may be just a little more excited about it than the kids... but I still fully expect them to enjoy our next year.

4 Comments:

GNN Scott said...

Your kids will have more book-smarts then me in no time :D

Liz and Grant said...

Latin!??! very impressive, enjoy your break!

KrizteeTrain said...

Latin will help them dominate those SAT/ACTs one day--good thinking! I loved every day of Latin!

I actually had a "position" I liked to sleep in through Art History though...hopefully you have better luck than my teacher :)

Lani said...

Maybe you should come teach my kids Latin then! :P I have no background in Latin... thank heaven for good curriculum... but now I know who to call if I need help!
I love your response though- most people say "why the heck are you teaching Latin?" :P