I was worried that Esme wasn't going to have enough summer activities this year, but so far she's still got lego league, she'll do eight days of swimming lessons, and now she's going to do Junior Rangers. I think we're okay after all.

I am so excited to be out of school and have a chance to actually do Esme's lessons for a while! This year we divided our homeschooling activities almost perfectly in half - I did the research and lesson plans and Ethan taught Esme the lessons. We are about to start a new unit so I have some research to do, and then I'm looking forward to getting started on lessons next week! I am so lucky to have this summer off!

Gym and Swim

Esme finished up gym and swim this week. A local YMCA offers a class for homeschoolers during the day, and this was Esme's first experience playing typical gym games in a group and swimming with an instructor in a pool. Most of the kids were older so Esme didn't get a huge amount of individual attention, but she really liked the swimming teacher and he made sure to spend some time working with her each week. This summer she'll take swimming lessons with a group of kids her age and at her experience level - we're hoping maybe she'll have the same instructor.