The End...for Now

We have completed our very first year of home school. It has been full of ups and downs. We have been close to pulling out our hair (or maybe she just wanted to pull out mine) and we have rejoiced over hard won victories.


Before our school year began (before we decided to home school, actually!)

My beautiful, curly haired gal has managed to learn all sorts of wonderful things this year. We've gone from taking 30 tear filled minutes to read the very first McGuffey Reader lesson, containing three words to this past week when she read a library book to herself!



We have gone from working on written number recognition to addition and subtraction with regrouping. We've studied ancient peoples and other cultures;


(wearing the double crown of Egypt)

we've learned about heat, water, plants, animals, and so much more.


(studying water tension)

Our 180 days (plus a couple to round out the week--Shh! She doesn't know I threw in extra to finish the books we were using.) of required learning are over until we resume in the fall, though I'm sure we'll have great opportunities to learn even more this summer.

Congrats on your kindergarten graduation girlie-girl! We did it!


(in Justin's regalia from attending commencement at work)