Happy July, friends!
I hope you having a lovely summer so far. :)
As you have probably noticed, I am not blogging much these days. We are busy, busy..but enjoying these long summer days.
This month will be a month of decision making for me about tweaking AO.. I have posted about it before, but there is still more tweaking to be done. It's the schedule; with 5 different children in 5 different levels of the curriculum, keeping with all of the narrations, and plethora of the other things on the AO schedules, it is simply overwhelming. And stressful. And not very enjoyable. For any of us. We will definitely continue to implement the CM philosophy in our home education, but that philosophy is not exclusively found in the AO curriculum, obviously.
So the tweaking begins...will I combine more things to do with all of the children?
Will I substitute some books for others on the schedule?
Will I completely ditch the AO schedules and booklists altogether and go back to doing school the way we did in the early days of our CM journey?
Time will tell.
So while I am deciding what to do about the upcoming school year, I will be absent for a while. I hope to be back sometime later next month and let you know what I decided to do.
Until then....
P.S.
The July Flexi of the Month is Stars!
I did something I thought I'd never do. I enrolled my oldest in an online Christian school for high school! Bridgeway Academy had a totally different approach to schooling/homeschooling than anyone else I have seen. I decided that schooling four children was tough, and I need to be able to focus on the youngest more. Bridgeway has all grades. Right now, it is a good fit for my oldest.
ReplyDeleteI have considered online school many times, Kendra. It may come to that for me, depending on what I get worked out this month. Thanks for the input. Hope you are doing well. :)
DeleteNo, that doesn't sound very enjoyable at all! Just the thought of all those narrations... yikes! I'll be looking forward to reading about what you decide to do and I'll keep you and your family in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the prayers, Amber. I really appreciate it! I will be back when I got it all figured out to let you know where the Lord leads. And I haven't forgotten about our Nature exchange next month. :)
DeleteI'm trying to figure it all out as well, Lisa. Said a prayer for you!
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
DeleteI am praying for you dear Lisa, and, like Amber, I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
ReplyDeleteI would never forget how much you all loved the beginning of the CM journey, and how much you all love nature, music, and literature!
I hope you return to your first hs love.
The Queen of the Brussels Sprouts, I don't know you, but good luck on your decision. Moms know best.
I am hoping to return to my first hs love, too, Silvia. Thank you, my dear friend. :)
DeleteTotally understandable! It's good not to be tied down to any curriculum, do what works for you. I'm sure you will come up with something that you all love. Have a great year (but I'll be talking to you again soon, so I don't mean that to sound like I'm signing off, haha). ttyl. ♥
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping in, Jane. I am working on a post right now about my tweaking adventures. :)
DeleteHope to have it finished by early next week. Love you, my friend. :)