tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565921628653209307.post-11010768724302454062008-07-15T19:28:00.000-07:002008-07-15T19:41:34.139-07:00<div align="justify">I've been asking myself that question since Memorial Day...WHAT was I thinking?!</div><div align="justify">Okay, maybe I'm overreacting. After all, ball games and swim meets don't take up the entire day. There's also the swimming for fun, playing with friends, riding bikes, computer games, and anything else we can come up with that we'd rather do than "school!" There are definitely benefits to homeschooling year 'round. I just don't like to think about those when I'd rather do school "tomorrow." </div><div align="justify">Tomorrow will get here eventually. Really, it will. I know it will. Won't it?!</div><div align="justify">We've been doing "school light" this summer, which is better than nothing, I guess. But for the past couple of weeks we've just plain been lazy. Admittedly, we have had swim meets to contend with, and when you are at a swim meet all day, the last thing you want to do the next day is crack open the books. So we have used creative play, educational videos, and computer games to help keep brain waves moving at appropriate speed. </div><div align="justify">While we are finishing up our final work before starting on our new books for fall, I have had a blast checking out the new curricula I've selected for science, history, and Bible. I'm so excited, and can't wait to get going with it. I will share more about the curricula we use when fall approaches. For now, I'm just trying to stay motivated, keep the kids turned on to learning, and enjoying the sunshine while we have the chance. Before long, we will be under a foot of snow for a month, and we'll have plenty of time to learn everything we need to then- I'm sure of it!</div>Evienoreply@blogger.com