@Drue — Shucks! Thanks. We love the gushing compliments.

@Makita — Yes, I tend to go more and more hodgepodge as the years pass. Next year is really going to be crazy! I’m totally winging it with science. I guess I should say that I’m creating my own curriculum.

@Kris — I admit. I’m a geek. I’ve always loved rocks. Thankfully I was able to transmit that passion to Sprite.

@Melanie — I do agree that depth is often more important that breadth. I mean, you want both. But rushing through something just to get done is of so little value. We go on tangents when we spend lots of time on science or lots of time on composers, etc. It works for us.

@Rhonda — Well, I know what we’re doing for 6th grade. But that’s as far as I know. We’re doing a study of the human body/anatomy/medicine. I’m creating it myself. I’ve selected and ordered all the books. Don’t worry. I’ll be blogging it. But there’s not much to blog yet besides a book list.

@Dana — I do think that individualizing our instruction to meet our children’s needs is a huge benefit of homeschooling. But then again, it’s just plain fun to do experiments with rocks.

@Richele — Hated rocks? Oh, wow. The geek in me took that to heart. It hurts. LOL.
Add it in! But be sure to make it hands on. Get a rock set or go outside and collect some rocks of your own to smash, scrape, and test. That’s the best part!

@Marsha –Well, I usually schedule science daily. But reality is that we may do a few days worth of lessons in one afternoon. (And that means it get skipped other days.) If Sprite gets interested, we just keep going. She’s got an incredible attention span when engaged. And some weeks we may not do science at all. So I guess we’re more into chunks of learning. The blog post here covered about two weeks of time.

Quick question, how often do you do science? Daily or intensely a couple days a week? Just wondering if I should retweak my scheduling…
.-= Marsha´s last blog ..Posse (homeschool style) =-.

You have a WONDERFUL blog…a well deserved winner of the homeschool blog awards.
.-= Richele ´s last blog ..Homeschooling family spreading the suds: Virginia Soaps and Scents =-.