Homeschooling Realization... (One Year Ends and Another Begins)

I was trying to "finish" Katherine's second grade (just 2 subjects left, and those are ones we has switched mid-year because the ones we had started using just were not working for her - getting things right but NO retention of material!). WHY was I stressing both of us out? This is the reason I homeschool, right? So that we can ENJOY the time together and I can help her LEARN...

After yesterday's math lesson I was thinking THIS IS STUPID... It was on MEASURE CUPS and SPOONS! REALLY??!!! Like I have not been teaching her about measurements since she was 3! I know not all kids have that experience, but the girl can read and knows how to read a recipe and knows the difference between a cup, a half-cup, a tsp, and a TBSP already! So this morning I quickly glanced through the remained of the material for math for the year... Guess what - the ONLY thing that we have not already learned about was BEGINNING multiplication...

So we did a quick this is what it means and this is how you do it - like 15 minutes after breakfast. She has the idea. Like Robert and I were talking about later in the morning. She will be reviewing a lot of other things for 3rd grade math before they even get back to multiplication, and then will probably be re-teaching that anyway. I did not learn to multiply in 2nd grade even. SO we are calling it a year!

We are going to take the rest of this week and all of next week off - and THEN...

Katherine is starting 3rd Grade and Joseph is starting Preschool! Oh boy - two at once...

Joseph is starting to give up naps as well. He has not had one today and is still doing good especially with it being so close to 4 pm now! There are going to be some days where he needs one, but looks like most days we do not. Isabelle is also trying to give up naps, but the girl seriously needs 2 a day still. She gets so fussy and clingy when she just has one and then usually ends up asleep at 6 pm and back up by 9 pm and then incredibly difficult to get back down. We will probably be cutting back to 1 nap a day in the next few months, but for now she still needs both.