High School at Home; Emma's Story

The end is in sight. I love, love, love homeschooling. This is my tenth year, though, and I'm always relieved to have 3 or 4 months off. Next week we are taking a break, per Emma's request, because this close to the end, I sure don't want to. Chemistry: I'm starting with this subject this time because we only have ONE DAY left. We finished the textbook, and we literally only have one 44 minute long section of Chemistry 101 DVD left. Yes, even though we are taking a break, we are watching the video Monday and be officially done with Emma's Chemistry credit. Algebra: another thing we only have one left of....one Pace left, which is a review of the entire year of Algebra. If we stick to the schedule that equals 15 days (3 school weeks) left of Algebra. Ancient History/Literature: we are both still reading, "Quo Vadis". This is a loooooong book! Almost 600 pages long, and we are only up to page 350. Emma isn't as fond of it as I am. I love this book,...

So I "might" be a little overdue on catching up this blog. January was busy with my oldest daughter hospitalized for a week, a month straight of below zero temperatures and snow, doing school, and gaining two new puppies. February was more school, springtime weather, puppy care, and two gymnastics meets for Emma. This month so far it's cold and snowy again, and I am suddenly at the part of the school year where the end is in sight! In Algebra, Emma is at the end of Pace 10 out of 12. We should be finished with this pace Monday. Ancient History/Literature: we are somewhere in the 70's out of 90 lessons. We are reading, "Quo Vadis". This is a book that I love, and Emma hates. Chemistry: we should be finished with Chemistry by the end of March. We started chapter 10 yesterday, and it is the last chapter. We also still have one more DVD in the Chem 101 series. Writing: honestly, we haven't done much formal writing since Christmas, but Emma continues ...