We recently took a few days off. Part of this time, for me, was spent evaluating our year. What is working for us this year? What needs to be changed? Which subjects are going well, and which need tweaking now so we can maximize the rest of the school year?
Mid-year Teachers Institute Days are also a good time to start organizing filed work so that assembling that end-of-the-year portfolio is not quite so daunting. Update your list of "books read this year". Order photos from first semester field trips or fun projects and slip them into an accordion file before you forget what you did first semester.
If you are planning to do standardized testing in the spring, go ahead and submit your testing application now so you'll be ready to go when the time comes.
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Our young children are working on their catechism memory. Three year old Cal has learned the first 9 questions, and 6 year old Colin has learned the first 25 questions. Our older children are working on the Shorter Catechism. It doesn't take a lot of time to do this with them, and the training in basic theology is so valuable!
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