After Sleepover

We had a bit short class this past Sunday. My daughter had her best friend coming over for a sleep over Saturday night, which of course left her pretty tired. But we went through the lesson okay. But we had to cut it short when we reached the reading material. She promised to study the reading materials with her Mom while doing the homework.

The reading materials at the end of each lesson might not be supposed to be part of the class anyway. But to assist her learning, I had always included them. Usually I read and explain them for her and then have her read after me for once. This makes it easier for her to do the homework, which requires her to read them for a grade from the parents (Mom). We will see how she does this week without the class.

My daughter's best friend used to be her classmate in the local Chinese school. They were in 2nd grade in the school and should be in 3rd grade in the Fall. But since the school is going to switch to the textbook we are using for 2nd grade and below only, her parents had decided to have her repeat the 2nd grade next year. We heard that she is not alone. There are other kids who will do the same.

Even though her best friend has better abilities in Chinese language and can understand the lecture (in Chinese), she still did not like the school at all. Just like my daughter, the only thing they liked about the school were the break time!

Since we are not taking summer break this year, we will be using the 3rd grade book by Fall. This means, of course, my daughter will be one-year ahead of some of her peers. How exciting!

No Class This Weekend

This is a busy weekend for us. My daughter's spring soccer season came to an end. we had the season finale game in the morning and a team party in the afternoon.

Tomorrow is Mother's Day. We will go to see the musical, Pirates of Penzance. My daughter is doing the same musical in her school and very excited about it. It's nice to get to see a professional production of the same show while she is doing her school production.

It's always a great advantage of home schooling that we can take a weekend off when we need to. On the other hand, we have also decided to not having any long summer breaks like the local schools do. We will continue on with our classes throughout summer as usual, taking occasional breaks when we need to.

With the pace we are doing, we could catch up with her grade level within another year. That is, by the time she starts 5th grade in her regular school, next year in the Fall, we could be starting the 5th grade Chinese textbook as well. This prospect is already having my daughter excited. Hopefully it will keep her motivated as a nice goal to achieve.