The school year ended officially last Friday for Zoe and it has been a swell few days. It is funny how not having to be at a place (school) by a certain time
or the feeling that one must make progress in a child's education and
development is so liberating. The days feel lazy and a bit haphazard. Kids are playing, there are paper and toys everywhere (we started on a project making a town and roads for Evan's cars). In between, I'm sorting through lots of paper - all the scrapes Zoe brings home, some with unrecognizable scribbles and some that are, frankly, impressive.
Still, I'm working to impose order and review how we did and how I would like us to do in the coming year. There is just so much of interest to Zoe, and I (for the matter). We haven't been very good with our math work the past year. Zoe and I tend towards reading and talking about animals and plants - things in the natural world. That is something I must work harder on. It is a funny dance. This homeschooling thing. We want the child to lead, but we (the parents) must lead too. I guess it is a dance of follow and lead.