Weekend

Before I launch myself into our Monday routine, I thought I'd take a moment to blog about our weekend. For years I have been doing what home-schoolers call "afer-schooling." This means that I go out of my way to provide enrichment and lessons after school and on the weekends. Because we do not have TV. (literally not a single station, although we do watch carefully selected DVDs), and our weekends are full of educational opportunities. For instance, this weekend we skied, read books, went to a friend's house to tap Maple Trees and learn about syrup making, played Scrabble,played Chess, went Beagling, went horseback riding, and created comic books on the computer. Connor also corresponded with his pen-pal, practiced guitar, and brainstormed for his mystery story. We learn and grow almost every minute of the weekend, and our school day is not just Monday to Friday 9-3p. I just thought I should mention this aspect of homeschooling too.