School Days Never End

Attempting to get a group shot on some cod fish proves to be rather difficult.

Ahhh, the beauty of home schooling your children.   On Friday, May 25th we successfully completed the book work for our school year.  Something that both the boys and I are very happy about.  I am convinced that God created the Wintertime so that we could focus on reading, writing, math and other book related topics.  The Summertime is God's gift to us to learn how to grow our own food, and work with our hands.  Our school year, as a result, reflects the seasons.  Thus, any official book work is done by Memorial Day.  We still read and learn from books, but spending 2 -3 hours a day engrossed in books is not a requirement.  As it turns out this year, we celebrated the end of the book season with a game on Friday, and brought in a Summer of learning through life with a surprise visit to the Maine State Aquarium on Tuesday.  The boys had a fantastic time, learned a lot, and enjoyed their surprise in every way possible.  

The scallops were so fun, they kept splashing water at us.  The boys loved it!

Matthias was so excited to touch the star fish.  I am actually trying to keep him from grabbing it too tightly.  The lady was very impressed with how content and gentle he was with the animals.

The gentleman showed Eli how to hold the crab. He did really well.

What are your Summer plans?  How do you keep learning active through the busy gardening months?  Do you do some Summer reading?  I think that Eli and Siah will be doing some specific reading this Summer, especially if this rain keeps visiting us.