Author: mymentech

Hey there home school moms! I know some of you out there have closed the door on the last school year and have started opening the one to the new. Sometimes we just close the door on the previous year and never return.

The beginning of a new school year often rears its head with the urgent need to have a plan. Some of us aren’t big planners while others among us need to have a good chunk of the school year planned in advance. No matter which camp you reside, I am here to tell that having an idea of the direction you want for your home school to flow is important.

One summer in high school for extra credit, I organized a fashion show by the senior class. Like a lot of high school teen girls in the ‘80s, studying about fashion trends was a topic I was eager to explore. However, the ‘80s fashion trends are now gone and I’m hoping that some of them like parachute pants and iron-on patches don’t return.

Just for the record, no, we are not fluent in foreign languages.  But we try to be familiar at least.  In our case, with Spanish, as our youngest child was born in Guatemala.  Not only do I feel strongly that he should at least be familiar with his native language, I feel even more strongly that we should ALL be well versed in another language.

As summer is just getting started we have also begun to unwind from a busy year of homeschooling. We homeschool all year round, but we do slow down during the summer months. Mainly we do this so that the children can play outside and we can go on lots of field trips. I do not like to come to a screeching halt though.