Summer home school ideas
We will return to the regularly scheduled drama after this short message.
Summer is coming soon.
No! Really! It’s almost mid February, which means that March, April, and May are all that stand between me and a 3 month break from school for my boysies.
So I am trying to plan ahead to prepare for the extra time and lack of structure that will ensue.
Jeremiah is especially anxious about having three whole months off. He hates it when there is 1 day off of school. At all of his former placements, they had year round, in-house school, so he has never experienced summer break before.
Sooo….Mom is trying her best to plan now for how to fill the time with structure and learning to help him and Gabe stay on track academically as well as help Miah feel more at ease with the break.
So, (yes, that is how I am starting paragraphs this post) I need help from all my awesome home schooling mom and dad friends out there to help me with resource ideas.
Here are the topic areas that I think the boys would most benefit from:
Gabe
- Algebra 2
- Chemistry or Physics (I have to find out what he is signed up for next year. I can’t remember what the order is.)
- English 11, especially focusing on vocabulary, writing skills, and reading comprehension. (This is Gabe’s worst subject, so it will need to be something that is very comprehensive.)
- US History (He’s currently failing this class because of….well…laziness, so I really want to grab his attention. I like the Drive Thru History DVD’s, but am curious of any other good history resources out there.)
Jeremiah
- 4th and 5th grade math (He hasn’t mastered basic math skills yet, such as counting, adding etc…but we are trying to help him work near grade level as well, so any program that has a variety of elementary levels would be helpful. Computer programs would be a good motivation for him as well. )
- Reading and vocabulary (This is Miah’s hardest subject as well. He reads at about a kindergarten/first grade level, and comprehension is very difficult, so any help in this area would rock.)
- Science exploration (We will be doing a lot of traveling this summer, so something that will incorporate a lot of exploration would be excellent.)
Okay, so that is what we need. We will be going all over the place this summer, from Northern MN, to Chicago, to the Black Hills, maybe even Texas, so my goal is to incorporate learning where ever we go. The lower the cost for the materials the better, but we will pay for quality materials.
I feel like I should know more about this by now, but since both of my boys are in public school right now, I’ve lost my motivation to research.
HELP! 
Blessings!
Hannah
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