We did some homeschooling yesterday, but I limited the math to the Calculadder drill. I'm coming around to the idea of just drilling math facts over the summer until they are automatic. That's what seems to slow down our other math learning.

They want to do history, so I'll keep doing that until we catch up with our friends. In fact, I'll just make it bedtime reading, now that we have finished...DA DA DA DUMMMMM!...The Lord of the Rings trilogy! That's right...we read all the way to "Well, I'm back" last night.

Now they are allowed to watch the animated movie, which just came via Netflix two days ago. (I wouldn't let them see the movie 'til we'd finished the book.) There's a second animated film, but it was really, really bad so I wouldn't let them see it at all. (This one is the sequel to "The Hobbit.")

Okay so, summer plans:

*Calculadder drills
*SOTW I and II
*Story of the Romans
*Cursive practice (DD9)
*D'Nealian practice (DD7)
*Natural Science--based on their interests (turtles, lizards and other reptiles?)--drawing animal pictures using Draw Write Now--notebooking?
*Reading aloud

It looks like a lot, but it's mostly reading aloud. The only table work would be the math drills (2 min.), handwriting (5-15 min.), and possibly notebooking their interests.

Okay, I feel better now.

Off to Flybabies.

(P.S. My kids beg to do starfall.com.)