Summer Session
The excellent, important news is that we finished our summer history! There are several books that fall under the category of supplemental reading that we’d like to see Gillian read between now and 11 August, but I don’t think it will be a huge problem, plus they definitely fall under the category of supplemental and not essential.
Spelling is also going really well. We finished Step 18 (out of 23 steps in Level One) this morning. We’re actually doing two complete sessions per day. This is mainly because she’s been so far behind in terms of spelling level, and about two months ago, I noticed it was starting to come much easier to her. So, I’m taking advantage of both that and the lack of other subjects during the summer months. Spelling is easily the most teacher-intensive curriculum.
Other things… we’re still working on her addition (and, therefore subtraction) facts as well as her multiplication facts memorization. I saw two recommendations for helpful products over the weekend and we may purchase those as well as everything else we already have. She’s just at a point where she cannot move forward without these things memorized. We’re going to work on some science during July, as well, and we’re working on Latin once more.
Overall, summer’s going well, and most of the plans for next year are set. Hooray!
