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MFW ECC: Saudi Arabia, India, and China!
March 2. How can it already be March 2? Right now, our life seems to be in fast forward. We have some big transitions coming up this summer, and a million things to do beforehand. I need for time to slow down so that we can get ahead of the wave, but instead, life continues to rocket forward so quickly I can barely catch my breath. Since I last updated, we have completed our homeschool time in Saudi Arabia, India, and China! The Saudi Arabia unit was a rough one for us, as the late winter blues hit badly. We were burned out, tired of winter, tired of every book in…
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MFW: ECC Week 1
We officially started our new school year! We finished Adventures in U.S. History, then took a few weeks to just play hard (although we did continue with reading and Life of Fred). As soon as the weather got hot enough for the kids to no longer want to spend all day every day outside, we dove right into ECC. We found that taking an extended summer break last year was not ideal for us. Doing school “year round” allows for us to maintain a gentler schedule without getting behind. I feel like the term year round is a bit misleading, since I’m certain we take off just as much time as…
