Wrapping Up Week 36 (2014-15)

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Deanna

Hallelujah, we crossed the finish line for our school year! Granted, we sort of crawled across on our hands and knees, but we made it. I’m not even going to let myself feel guilty about the fact that our last week consisted only of Ian’s online math work (xtramath.org and Mathletics) and a few books to finish up our Knights and Nobles unit study from Homeschool Legacy, for two basic reasons.

I’ve spent years in traditional elementary classrooms, both as a student and a teacher. I guarantee that more learning happened this week in our home than gets accomplished in 99% of classrooms during the last week of school.
Even when we’re officially on a break, plenty of learning happens simply because of the environment in our home. For example, today (the first official day of summer break, and a Saturday to boot), Ian wanted to break out our Young Scientists Set and work on experiments from our final remaining kit. I know there will be plenty of learning going on during our summer break, so who cares if we had a light last week of school, right?

I know most families still have a few (or several weeks) left, so take a deep breath and remember that the end is in sight! (And when our family dives back into school in July, you can smile to yourself knowing that you’ve still got a few more weeks to relax.)

Here’s to the first day of our summer holiday!