So far we have for Ian:
- Robotic Camp
- Computer animation and video game design.
For Haley:
- Debate (this year she's old enough for debate team, vs last year which was more Speech).
Hana:
- Is doing 9 hours of gymnastics a week (3 three-hour days). I expect this to increase. Gymnastics is Hana's main extracurricular at this stage/age as it is very consuming and demanding.
- In Hybrid school (and reinforced at home) she's doing math, handwriting, phonics, Spanish, science, and language arts (although many of these are integrated into common lessons). Hana is making GREAT strides.
Thankfully for Mom and Dad, most of the kindergarten HOME work is just practice/reinforcement of the lessons taught in the school. This allows me to focus on *teaching* Ian (which is necessary because HE does not cover everything at school as he is older and there's more expected of him)...and supervising Haley. Haley DOES get an intro to MOST of the topics expected to be covered at home. And when there's gaps, she has access to her instructors, and I've bookmarked a few great websites for her reference in the various topics so she can teach HERSELF (or at least attempt to do so).
Plan:
- Debate for Haley
- Math Camp AND Mental Math class
- Piano
- Harp
- Something for writing - pending
For Ian
- Science Camps as stated
- Mathnasium AND Mental Math class
- Guitar
For Hana
- Gymnastics
*note: the math Hana is doing at this point is counting to 100 and writing the numbers, etc. so mental math is not necessary and will not be useful until she understands the basic operations. Music is being taught to her casually by Haley. Gymnastics is VERY time consuming and we are careful not to over-schedule as it stifles creativity and prevents the children from being able to manage their OWN time.
ALL
- Some horseback riding (I'd like this to be an ongoing summer thing so the children become competent riders).
- Spanish and cultural events.
