Almost there!

Today we have 'off' because Daddy is home from work. Becca's dance recital is tonight, so that's our focus today.

I got most of the final grades done yesterday (still have to add in the last assignments of course) and piles of papers sit on our craft table. No one touches the table upon pain of death. Ha! Next I have to grade notebooks. With the CA home school challenges of late, I feel it is quite important to have everything in order. Not that I didn't see the importance of it before, but now there is 'pressure' to have a quick answer ready if anyone challenges our home school.

I've gotten most of next year planned out, changed it several times, and settled on a tentative schedule. I'm excited about next year! One new challenge that has come up is Human Physiology. I think I might use the Apologia as a guide and teach from it. It is an AP course, requiring Chemistry and Biology as prerequisites. I'm quite certain that the book is actually too advanced for us, but I also feel confident that I can teach from it, just using it as a guide. We have the Chemistry book and I can probably borrow the Biology book.

More of our classes will include the whole family next year. I am excited about this. We're going to do an inductive study in the Bible with another family - maybe Isaiah. Along with this we'll study the 7 Principles. Our history course will include Government (as always), Geography, Literature and writing (for research papers). We'll review World History, then launch into American History and Lit. This will be a time line overview, so that each child can cover what they need, according to where they are in their study. Over the summer, the younger kids and I will study from The Light and the Glory. And for the school year AFTER next, we'll step into The Story of Liberty, along with the study guide they provide. I have settled into a rotation kind of plan, and it seems that about every 3 years we'll cover in depth three levels of history, adding supplements as we go. American History will include a 2nd layer of Government, as I envisioned before. I see that the study of American Gov't must continue, in layers, for the rest of my life. I hope to instill this in my children. Joshua in particular was impressed with David Barton and his command of the subject. Inspired, is the word.

We're still finishing Grammar, R&S Social Studies, the primary History book and our sciences. Almost there!