Lately, I have been thinking about summer.

It is hard to do with the snow flurries flying and the temperatures dipping, but I know that when the snow melts and the mud dries, we will want to be outside, every waking moment.

I decided that this year, I want to be finished with all of the work that is in the curriculum outline that I sent the state.

That is the work that I am responsible for reporting on.

Of course, learning will continue, as it does every day. The portfolio work we have all come to view as a slight, yet unfortunately necessary, burden that we need to get out of the way before we are free to enjoy the real lessons life has to offer.

Kind of like housework!

I guess learning to do those things we don’t like to do, but must, is a lesson of its own, but I digress.

The other day, I pulled out my calendar and all of our materials from this year. I sketched out a workable time frame that would allow us to get all of the work done before the real summer weather begins.

I settled on 10 weeks, starting tomorrow.

Then, I wrote out the full lesson plan for the 10 weeks.

Following a schedule is not my strong suit, so I made a loosely scheduled plan that focuses more on weekly work targets. (Sort of what I talked about here.)

With this focused period of book work ahead of us, I am sure I will have more insights and opinions to share about homeschooling.

Hopefully, that will mean more posts at the academy.