It is pretty much summer now. Technically it isn't for a few days, but it's here and my kids have already got that bug up their butts to play play play. Unfortunately, for them, we are still in the swing of school. I think throughout the summer we will be doing school work. We will not be doing a full load, and we will take days off for summer activities. We have practically a full unit of science to finish up if we want to catch up to a nice even spot. Right now we are at the tail end of our history unit and our math unit. Science just got neglected for awhile so most of the summer we will be doing science, which is good because we are in chemistry and W loves it.
W started piano lessons with a girl who just graduated high school. He has been begging for lessons and I couldn't find anyone in the neighborhood. The one who did, and who is supposedly very good, was not taking any new students. So I kind of casually asked around and this young woman liked the idea of having a student. W is her first student, and she took on her 5 year old sister as well. She lives just down the street and is cheap so it works out perfectly for us. Now we have to save up for a piano. :) For now he practices on his little keyboard, which is okay for a beginner.
E is coming along quite well on reading. She seems a lot less frustrated with it and will even read me some small words when we are in public and see some signs. She has begun to love doing her preschool worksheets, and of course she loves more.starfall.com.
Pretty soon we will be incorporating our 20 month old L into the mix. Lot's of ABC's, 123's, shapes, and colors.
