We ended our first three weeks of homeschooling last week. Things went really well and I am enjoying my week off. I have decided to do three weeks on, one week off this year. I think it will be a good balance; however, I'm already seeing that some months might need to be sporadic days off that make-up a week depending on our schedule.
The kids loved learning about Columbus and mapping America. We also read about Amerigo Vespucci and Ferdinand Magellan. I had some tracing paper that they got a little crazy with. Jacob traced each state and the US many times over. Him and Ethan are also learning how to make a map of the continents. We're starting with blobs of the continents, but the goal is that as they get older and older they can make the blobs more detailed.
All in all I think year four of homeschooling is going to be a good year. Things are starting to fall into place with some of the curriculums I've used for the last year or more. The only thing we are doing new this year is Spanish. The kids and I have wanted to learn for quite some time, but just haven't found a way to squeeze it in.
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