I never gave much thought to summer school when I was growing up.
When I was younger, it was the place where the bad kids had to go. When I was older, it was the place where the bad boys that looked like members of the band RATT had to go. You know…the ones who sat at the back of your English class, wearing sunglasses and ripped jeans with a pack of cigarettes in the pocket…the ones with hair longer than yours…the ones you would have dated if you could have figured out how to pull it off without your mom knowing.
Did I just say that out loud? I should never blog using stream-of-consciousness. It gets me in trouble.
Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that summer school was a foreign place to me. The summers of my youth were spent playing softball and laying out on big sheets of tin foil in my backyard.
When I grew up and became a teacher, summers were spent working at a day care and crying to Big D every morning, telling him I had a stomach ache and couldn’t go into work. He’d tell me to suck it up, get dressed and go to work. Big D is not easily fooled.
I realize that many homeschoolers do school year-round, so summer school is commonplace, just a way of life. Not so for us. Oh, we’ve done a little bit through the years….some math sheets to stay sharp or a book or two that we didn’t get to, but for the most part our summers were free.
Until this year. It was probably mid-April when I looked at my plan books, realized how much we still had to accomplish in order to be finished with 7th and 3rd grades….and I cried. I cried hard. The kids cried too. We all said that we had stomach aches and couldn’t get out of bed. Big D told us to quit our whining and get our school finished.
So that’s what we’re doing. *sigh* We’re almost finished with math, but we’ll have to work on history through the summer, and Harrison will have some science to catch up on.
Why are we so far behind this year, you may wonder. It’s all his fault…
The little saboteur.
Awww! The big kids sent to summer school ’cause of that Little Pirate Jack. Gotta watch the cute ones, they’ll get ya in trouble!
But he is a good reason to be so far behind…. just think when it is his turn you will have just him and finish in April…LOL
oh and yeah, we don’t do summer school either….although math sheets would be a great idea
But Pirate Jack is sooooooooooo darned cute! Poor thing getting all the blame.
You asked where to look for the Crofter’s products – Do you have a Whole Foods or Earth Fare nearby? I know they both carry the products. Otherwise, try any local natural foods/health food store you have nearby. You probably won’t find a large selection that way though.
Ah, but such a cute little saboteur! General Mayhem is fighting completing his math curriculum, but his math grades dropped so precipitously at Apathy Middle School that we are making him complete Saxon 7/6 this summer. Maybe that knowledge will help dirty Harry. I’m telling the General that he isn’t the only one completing home summer school.
I don’t think it is fair for you to blame poor little Jack. He couldn’t possibly be to blame. The books still to go through look pretty ejoyable. Hey, no one said they couldn’t be read poolside.
Blessings,
Dawn
A picture is worth 1000 words. Million words for this photo : )
We were in the same boat as you with math and continued with worksheets for practice through the summer months. It seemed like the right thing to do (mostly because that’s the norm- isn’t it?)
It wasn’t until we took an assessment test as a part of the online summer math enrichment camp at http://www.clickandclimb.com.
We realized that we did good at the things we thought we were good at but we also found out a lot of areas where we were either weak or had not done anything at all. Their tutors then helped us master the other concepts.
The best part- My daughter and I studied with the tutor (all the way from India) together. That way, I was able to pick up a lot and share it with her at a later time- helping us both!
all the best and happy summer!!