Sunday evening. It's calm and quiet in the house. I'm making my BIG batch of chocolate chip cookies. I've reviewed where we are on our goals for this 6-week school session and it's looking good. This in itself is interesting.
A week ago, I was a little discouraged that we were not getting more done. I was, quite honestly, starting to panic and ready to tell Jane she had to go to a traditional high school. Then, the very next day, after she read twice what she was supposed to for history, I quizzed her. Each section comes with on-line quizzes, but I like to do the section questions in the book to get a feel for how well she's understanding the material. She got all the questions correct! In a matter of one day, I went from panic and despair to awesome and confident. Funny. I try to remember that at all times; a day makes a difference.
We are looking good for our goals except Jane's Algebra. I thought that in 6 weeks she'd be able to do 40 lessons, which is more than 5 lessons a week. It was a bit challenging and I've since revised it and aim for her to have 30 lessons done in the six weeks; more reasonable. Ruth is certainly going to start her 4th grade materials, probably after Christmas. I can't hold her back...she just keeps working and I'm going to let her.
Jane has started her new blog - needtodance.blogspot.com - and I think we are both happier. It feels much better this way. This week I hope to have time to upload some more pics and play around with that!
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