Summer Vacation
Wow, and already homeschooling is over. Well, formal, keep-track-of-it, report-it-to-the-state homeschool is over. What I've come to appreciate is that so much of what we already do in our family is homeschooling, and that won't end just because it's summer vacation. We won't stop hiking our local parks and trails and noticing leaves, bugs, dirt, and poop and speculating on what is, where it came from, why it's there, and what it's all about. We won't stop reading books and watching documentaries and movies together and talking about our favorite parts. We won't stop asking big questions ("If the universe is flat, why aren't we?") and looking for answers. We won't stop doing math because we are huge nerds and we all love math. We definitely won't stop writing short stories, plays, and little comedy sketches (we can't help it). If anything, I think we're going to be doing a little more of this great stuff now that it's ...