Ending on a good note

Friday, January 30, 2009

After dropping Hypersteve at his studio, Rocket Boy and I did a lightning strike on the grocery store. We’ve never gotten our groceries that fast. I was thrilled, because after losing so much teaching time yesterday, I really didn’t want to lose much today.

After we got home and ate a bit, we settled into our workbooks. Rocket Boy whizzed through an entire chapter of activities in his math book. He was on a roll and didn’t want to stop. The lessons were really simple, and honestly below him, from the kindergarten workbook he used when he was in school last fall. After seeing him move through those, I am doubly glad he’s not in school anymore. He’s really stuck in an in between place grade-wise. He’s got too many skills that K just bores him, but not enough skills to handle everything in 1st grade. As a result I’m following a basic 1st grade curriculum for him with some modifications. Some of the stuff he flies through, and other stuff still needs the kindergarten touch. My hope is that by the summer, we’ve achieved all the 1st grade goals. That way in the fall, if we choose to send him to school, he’s ready for 2nd grade. I don’t know if we’re going to enroll him or not. All I do know is that we have some major life changes coming up – this summer I hope we’ll be living somewhere that’s *not here.* I don’t know where that will be yet, but hopefully it will be in a place with abundant natural beauty, property for me to garden and Rocket Boy to roam, and good schools so we have that option if we need it, plus progressive wonderful people. Wish us luck.

After the mathstravaganza, we read Rocket Boy’s new favorite book, The Three Samurai Cats, and worked on adding more words to his word box. He was impatient and I was tired so we were both glad when it was time to leave for tennis. That class is a nice way to cap our week. It gives finality to the school week and marks the beginning of the weekend on a good, energetic note.