Finishing up the year...

This time of year my mind moves over to the planning of next year and I can cease being present in the here and now. So, I am starting to mull over what we would like to do to finish up this season well.

Some of my thoughts off the top of my head are:
Math
Ar- keep doing a page or half a page a day as retention with him is much better this way than a long break
Hannah- her book will be done and I am in the process of getting her Algebra book. Maybe I will download her some interesting geometry stuff to work on, or have her peruse the I Hate Mathematics Book (which she always laughs at because she really likes math)
Caleb- not sure. This kids loved math until I got him a text. I might just ditch it again- he's so young still

Reading
Aaron- keep on with the 100 easy Lessons but find something more interesting to move onto as he is getting a little bored with the format. Make up a basket of early readers for him to practice on. Work on this with him throughout the summer as a priority. Read to him heaps!!

Caleb-get him to finish The Horse and His Boy and keep strewing for him!

Latin
Not sure here. Perhaps daily chants together and alternating days of exercises in Henle??
Maybe I should use the Quia for the summer?

Writing
Bravewriter's lifestyle is looking great for spring. We will do a day of copywork, one of dictation, and then a free write.
The younger two have stories they need to wrap up.

History
Should we shelve the MA for now? Basically we just read anyways and we will keep doing that. No one seemed to interested (or maybe I was just not motivated enough) for a more hands on study (not really my style anyways!).
Hannah wants to study India- I am not a great rabbit trailer. We have read a bit of Indian history here and there, we eat Indian food a couple times a week anyways, and we read about Gandhi and Mother Theresa this year already. So not sure what I will do with this. I always feel guilty when I don't follow up on these things. This child just has so many and she doesn't like to read alot at this point and for me a study=books!

Nature Study
I want to really focus on this. I just recieved Botany in a Day and we are going to start to look at the Mint family this week. I want our drawings/outings/writing to come from here alot and make this part of our week/day a priority. Have to plan some fun out of the city low stress outings.

Art
We have been looking at Diego Rivera's paintings on our moniter. We decided to skip the lurid details of his life (not a very kid friendly picture- I sort of compared some his exploits to those of Zeus, whom the kids like to joke about).

A good spring schedule might look like this (famous words of a non-schedule-conformist..)
Prayers and Instruments
Math (20-30 minutes for Ar and H, a little for Caleb)
Latin (recitation or short translation and flash cards)
Nature Study/History Reading
Literature or History Reading at lunch.
Writing incorporated into the Nature Study, Art Study, or copy/dictation some days and a freewrite on Friday.
Independent Reading- in bed in the morning or sometime throughout the day.

Note to self: Do I continue to assign Ariel reading at this point or should I just let him finish the Brendan Voyage, listen to the History CDs and let him gobble up books like he always does (I will strew with this)?

Looks good on screen, we will see how it fleshes out.