HS: Hiatus

One of the amazing benefits of homeschooling is that we can take a vacation... well... whenever.  This past weekend, when I had filled out our weekly calendar that hangs over the kids table, I realized that we had something going on each and every day. I loathe being over-scheduled.  And we were. I asked Trey if we could take a break from formal homeschooling this week, and he graciously agreed.  I'm so glad we took a mini-hiatus because it was a super busy week.

Despite putting aside all our schoolwork, lots of reading aloud still took place.  The highlight of the week was introducing Owen Ray and Chandler to The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The boys have begged to have it read to them over and over again.  Trey says he remembers loving the story as a little boy, so there must be something universally appealing about trolls who live under bridges and goats who trample them.

Here are some snapshots of our busy week: