Thalia is in an adult beginning ballet class. This looks like it will be a good fit for her. The class is both more rigorous and more casual than the class for teens.
She's also taking tap for a second year. Annabeth will probably be joining tap classes also.
Annabeth is taking ballet at a different studio. Her class meets 2 times a week, and is a better fit for her personality.
On Saturday Annabeth starts acting lessons at a new place. This will be an adventure. We're stepping back from such intense involvement in the place we went to last year, and trying out other places. Thalia isn't taking any acting courses this year, although she's open to auditioning for anything interesting that comes along.
And then there's Girl Scouts. Gah. What can I say. People still drive me batty. Girl Scout parents tend to have a special knack for that. This year I planned to be less passive about the situation by being a leader. But the meetings are at a time that are so incredibly awkward for our family (and can't change due to general whiney "Oh, ick, I don't want to do that" from others) that I can't have much physical presence. Annabeth is disappointed by the way things are going, but doesn't want to quit.
As for other subjects, Thalia keeps asking if she's actually doing everything she's supposed to. The classes are fewer in number, yet more intense, so it's a new sensation. She's had tests in her 2 dual enrollment classes (Spanish and English). Neither has been completely scored yet, but she felt good about both. The English test was much easier due to her love of diagramming -- Analytical Grammar for the win! Other than that, her only school subjects are math and science. She's started Lial's Precalculus; and she read the first chapter of her chemistry book in preparation for class which will start next week.
Lial's Basic College Math is off to an easy start for Annabeth. I still haven't purchased a grammar program. Thalia is convinced Annabeth should use Analytical Grammar, of course. Other classes -- science, history, ASL, sewing, whatever-else-I'm-forgetting-to-mention -- continued without much ado.
Honestly, most of this week was sucked up in having a wood floor installed in our bedroom -- moving stuff in and out of the room, dealing with the actually laying of the floor, and all. By Friday night I was ready to sit around watching Quantum Leap reruns (now available free on Amazon Prime) and eating those miniature Dove ice cream bars (the chocolate coating on the little ones is thinner and more fun than the coating on the full-size bars) and totally zone out.
But now it's time to grade papers from this past week and prep for next week.
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She's also taking tap for a second year. Annabeth will probably be joining tap classes also.
Annabeth is taking ballet at a different studio. Her class meets 2 times a week, and is a better fit for her personality.
On Saturday Annabeth starts acting lessons at a new place. This will be an adventure. We're stepping back from such intense involvement in the place we went to last year, and trying out other places. Thalia isn't taking any acting courses this year, although she's open to auditioning for anything interesting that comes along.
And then there's Girl Scouts. Gah. What can I say. People still drive me batty. Girl Scout parents tend to have a special knack for that. This year I planned to be less passive about the situation by being a leader. But the meetings are at a time that are so incredibly awkward for our family (and can't change due to general whiney "Oh, ick, I don't want to do that" from others) that I can't have much physical presence. Annabeth is disappointed by the way things are going, but doesn't want to quit.
As for other subjects, Thalia keeps asking if she's actually doing everything she's supposed to. The classes are fewer in number, yet more intense, so it's a new sensation. She's had tests in her 2 dual enrollment classes (Spanish and English). Neither has been completely scored yet, but she felt good about both. The English test was much easier due to her love of diagramming -- Analytical Grammar for the win! Other than that, her only school subjects are math and science. She's started Lial's Precalculus; and she read the first chapter of her chemistry book in preparation for class which will start next week.
Lial's Basic College Math is off to an easy start for Annabeth. I still haven't purchased a grammar program. Thalia is convinced Annabeth should use Analytical Grammar, of course. Other classes -- science, history, ASL, sewing, whatever-else-I'm-forgetting-to-mention -- continued without much ado.
Action shot of homeschool occurring without much ado. The weather is suddenly gorgeous, and homeschoolers have the flexibility to take advantage of that.
But now it's time to grade papers from this past week and prep for next week.
Interested in what other homeschoolers have done this week? Follow the link:
For so many years my major description of myself was 'homeschool mom'. It was really strange to no longer be homeschooling... 'what will I be now?'
ReplyDeleteOf course now we know I'm a glorified babysitter.
Love the 'action shot'. I always loved that we could learn anywhere. And did.