We're done already!

It's the end of the week.  That means it is time to work on next weeks lesson plans.  I was going over our list of what we planned on getting done this year and it looks like we have about 4 more topics to cover and we are done.  It should only take us about 2 weeks to cover it all.  So it is only February and we have finished our goal for the school year.  How awesome is that!  The plan is to have a week of review to make sure all we have learned has stuck.  Then I guess we'll move on to the making a plan for 3rd grade.  Since we are ahead I'd like to give some child led learning a try, to let Lili spend more time learning about whatever strikes her fancy.  Since I sort of backed off a bit on how much she reads she has started going through books faster than we can get to the library.  The other week we went on Friday and by Tuesday she was complaining that she had nothing to read.  She had already finished everything she checked out on Friday.  Our next trip to the library I let her get as many books as we could carry.  I hope the love of reading stays with her.

Next week we will reach our 100th day of school!!  They are so excited.  We have been tracking the days until the 100th day.  I have been browsing Pinterest for ideas.  Here is our plan so far for our 100th day of school celebration.  Most of the ideas are from a site I found off Pinterest and some from friends.  Here is a link to the site for ideas....

http://www.tipjunkie.com/all-crafts/ideas-for-100th-day-of-school/

100th Day of School
1. Make a 100th day of school crown (printable from link above)
2. Make a 100 piece edible necklace (with fruit loops or similar cereal)
3. How far will 100 steps from our front door take us?
4. Draw a portrait of what you would look like at 100 years old.
5. Write about what you would do with $100.
6. Build anything you want with 100 legos.

We will also get to celebrate by going out to lunch with Grammy and several of our Aunts.  It should be a fun day.

Happy 100th Day of School!!  Here's to approximately 80-90 more days until summer!


"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world.  Love of books is the best of all."
        -Jacqueline Kennedy