We are done and summer is here!!

 We are officially done with our 2022-2023 Schoolyear!  It has been amazing!! I love schooling my children.  I posted in September about several changes we were making and how we were moving away from A Beka.  It's been a big adjustment for all of us, but it has been a great decision for our family!

During our change up, I've learned several things that I thought I would share here:

~Hands on learning is awesome.  Getting in the kitchen or backyard and putting what you've learned into action seals the knowledge they've been taught.  

~I love doing family subjects together.  I like Unit Studies.  I hadn't originally planned to do any of our schooling this way, but then December came around and I heard a lot of Mommas talking about Christmas School.  That was new to me!  I did some research and found Campfire Curriculum.  They have a Christmas Unit called "Caroling Noel."  Let me tell you... it was a hit!  We put away all schooling for December except Math and went into pure Christmas mode.  I love how many things they learned during this Unit Study.  They were learning Science, History, Spelling and English and had no idea!  

 

~I love our Genesis Moment.  This is where we met together and started our day.  We prayed, we sang, we read missionary stories together, we memorized Scripture.  We loved it!

~I love Fix it Grammar!  This became a favorite of ours too and I'm looking forward to using it again next year!

~M & M's and Andes Mints make learning more competitive and motivate my kids.   They are just like their Momma. :o)

We ended the year with another Campfire Unit called Car Maintenance.  I am amazed at how much WE (that includes me!!) learned through this unit.  We learned the basics of keeping a car running and how to diagnose when there is a problem.  They even threw in some info on the Industrial Revolution and we had many deep discussions on that subject.

All in all it was a GREAT year!  I am so glad the Lord led us to do school this way this year.

I've already been researching and buying curriculum for next year.  It will be another "A Little of This and A Little of That" year.  I like it that way.  :o)

But for now we are enjoying our summer.....camps, kayaking, swimming...so many fun things to do!  I've never  been a year round schooler.  I need the break just as much as they do!

Summer fun here we come!