imagesYesterday Sara and I signed the summer contract for 2.5 months of summer learning, two lessons per day, in exchange for the grand prize of $50.  My little Sara made me very proud in two ways:  First, the contract was written in cursive and she read every word, second, she negotiated the terms about how she would lose the $50.  While I was proud of her for negotiating, she unfortunately didn’t gain any ground. 

Today was the second day of summer learning and we picked up right where we left off last year.  Sara got right into the groove and I had the lessons ready to go….easy!  

Last year at this time was very stressful because there was so much for Sara to learn and I wasn’t sure how I was going to pull it off in such a short time.  This year Sara is about where she needs to be academically so we can spend this summer getting ahead of the curve.  In math Sara is doing really well, I expect to get through +, –  and x up to 10’s and begin some division.  

I want to focus our efforts this summer in vocabulary, spelling and writing (in cursive); unfortunately some of my least favorite/competent subjects.  How do we make this fun and educational?  I’m not quite sure…but I’ll keep you posted.

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“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,” (Galatians 5:22)