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Don't know how many of you know, but we homeschool. We are starting back Aug.3! I'm both excited & nervous.

I'm still working with my DS6 on reading & that will be our biggest challenge for the year. I am determined to get him reading fluently on grade level by the end of our school year. We are trying a different curriculum this year because he absolutely hated the Abeka we did last year. He's very smart, but he prefers math over reading/phonics. He loves to add & counting money is his favorite skill to practice (he's just like his dad :lol0:).

My dd8 is a wonderful, self motivated student so she doesn't give me much problems. The main problems that occur with her is that she is a perfectionist...if she misses one problem she gets terribly upset. We're working on that each day.

I'm also going to be starting pre-k with my dd4 this time. She is eager to learn her letter & sounds so we'll concentrate on that. I also homeschool my baby sister (she's 11). Her school work is getting more complicated now so it requires more "studying" on my part. It's been 11 years since I've been in school, so I still need to refresh myself on some of the concepts she is learning. :lol0:

My ds2 will just be "going with the flow"...probably getting into everything he can while Mommy is distracted with teaching. :lol0: He's my baby & is the last one (barring a miracle from God), so he gets away with A LOT!

Anyway, just wanted to share with you all. I may be hit and miss on the forums once school starts back. Our days are usually filled & my nights are spent either at softball practice, football practice, cheerleading practice, or preparing lessons. (Sometimes I manage to squeeze in some quiet time with the dh).:001_tt2: If you really need to contact me, email is the better way...I check it almost every day.

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Oh my goodness, you sound like a very, very busy lady! I am exhausted just reading about all that you do!

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Yes, it is exhausting during school time around here. You'd think I never would have gotten so fat! :001_tongue:

I'm starting off a bit more tired than usual this year. I still haven't regained all my strength and energy since surgery. Hopefully it will return to 100% soon.

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Yes, it is exhausting during school time around here. You'd think I never would have gotten so fat! :001_tongue:

I'm starting off a bit more tired than usual this year. I still haven't regained all my strength and energy since surgery. Hopefully it will return to 100% soon.

Well, you might have to have shortened school days and the school year may have to be extended with not so many vacation days once you get up to feeling 100% on your energy level ... you're the boss, you get to call the shots!

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Yep! That's one of the major benefits. We can take 1/2 days or "sick days"...as long as we get in our 180 for the year, we are good. We usually have more than 180 days easily including any field trips we take.

We do start back slowly. We'll spend the first week just doing the 3 R's. Then we'll get back to Science & History the next week. Once our routine is back, we'll throw in our extras like typing, computer, etc.

On another note, we just found out that my son's football team will be practicing every night except Wed. night! Yikes! What makes it hard is he plays in another county, so our drive is a bit longer than if he played here. But his football coach is the same man who coached his baseball team last spring & he's a wonderful Christian man...so that's why we chose to let him play there. So, DH will be going with him & I'll take my dd to softball practices on Tues. & Thurs. It's gonna be tough, but my kids want to play & DH and I believe in allowing our kids opportunities to play or do whatever they think they are interested in. You never know...they might be great & win a scholarship one day.:001_tongue:

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