We have officially finished our homeschool year! Adam has completed Kindergarten. Ray has completed first grade. Yeah! Mommy is ready for a summer break!
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| Ray's first grade portfolio and photo book. |
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I designed end-of-the-year photo books for each of the boys and had them printed at a very reasonable price. They will be great keepsakes and reminders of all of our learning and adventures.
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Today we had a certified teacher come and look over the boys' portfolios. She talked to them about all the projects and work they have done this year. She had them both read to her. She told me that both boys have exceeded the requirements for this school year. She signed the official paper we need to submit to the school district. After she left, we picked up Jon from work and went out for a celebratory lunch -- pizza! Jon and I are so proud of the boys. They worked hard and learned a lot this year.
Our various classes and activities have been wrapping up and winding down over the past several weeks.
We ended our Catechesis of the Good Shepherd/Montessori/CHAT class over a month ago! We wrapped that up with prayer and a picnic.
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| Closing gathering for CGS. |
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| Ray holding his DNA model in CHAT class. |
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Ray's periodic pillowcase, which he made at CHAT class.
I can't believe what he's done in first grade! |
Our Academic Enrichment Program (States' Study) ended a few weeks ago with a Hawaiian luau! Both boys are so proud of the binders of work they compiled from this program. We all learned a lot about the United States.
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| Luau party -- Check out Ray in his crazy orange Hawaiian shirt! |
For the last week I've been sorting through all of our work and organizing it. An entire year of work boils down to this ---
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| Ray's 1st grade work |
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| Adam's Kindergarten work |
We were all very happy to have today be our last day of school!
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| One last journal entry |
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Opening up the "time capsules" we made on the first day of school!
It was fun to see how much they've grown, how their printing and drawing have improved, and how their favorite things have changed.
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Tomorrow we will attend our homeschool group's end-of-the-school year picnic. We have lots and lots of plans for the summer! In addition to tons of swimming and other adventures, we will be reading and doing some Math everyday. We'll be keeping summertime journals.
But for now we're saying.....
"Goodbye school schedule! Hello Summer!"
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| Adam is learning to ride his bike without training wheels! |
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| Fun at the park! |
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