For the legal school year July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015, we completed 249 days of school. There were twelve holiday/vacation days and one sick day. The rest were weekends (except that we did use one Saturday as a school day.)
We took over three dozen field trips, not counting duplicate visits to the same museums. We saw Jupiter's four largest moons through a telescope, gathered eggs from a hen house, ice skated, picked strawberries, and admired two-thousand-year-old sculptures.
We read about Alexander the Great as well as Gerald and Piggie. We measured rainfall; we threw paint-filled eggs at a canvas. We traveled out of state twice, north and south.
How magnificent time can be, when we set our own schedule. Yes, there was time for piano lessons and swimming lessons, but also time to climb a tree, explore a stream, dig in the sand with friends. Time to meditate, and time to make a raucous noise. There was time to ride roller coasters. Time to mess around with magnets.
It was a year of abundance. Next year will not be the same, but a new series of adventures. Whatever the future brings, we had a great first-grade year.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
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