Just a Regular Monday...

Monday's are specifically carved out to be my official chore day. Not that every day isn't chore day, but this day is the BIG chore day...ya know, the day that you have to do everything that you sort of slacked on throughout the week.

On top of chores it is a school day. We got alot of school in today. Summer has excellent reading skills and reads above grade level but recently I was a little worried that she may not be up to par on her math. My mistake probably comes from using A beka math. A beka, in my opinion, seems to be a little advanced.

I had found a TAKS (Texas year end assessment test for public schools) math test booklet in the Goodwill a few months ago. My intention was to give it to Summer at the end of the year to make sure she was up to the public school standards.

My reasoning for this does not stem from wanting to "compete" with public schooled children. Realistically, you never know what the future holds and I want to make sure that if anything ever happens to me (or Toby) that she would be on grade level for public school. I would love to be the kind of homeschooler that could "unschool" their child, but for her sake I think it is safest to prepare for the "real world" of public school if she ever had to be thrown to the wolves.

Back to TAKS. I discovered that my child is very well prepared to enter a public school if it was ever a necessity. She insisted that I give the test to her just as they would be given in public school...no help, no talking, etc.

My little girl seems to know much more than I gave her credit for. She claims the questions are easy and stupid. I was very impressed as I graded them.....she did excellent! I can now breathe a sigh of relief. I now feel I am doing my "public" duty to my child as a homeschool mom.

After "class" Summer and I walked down to the mailbox to check the mail. K.K. was outside with her kids. I stopped and chatted a minute with her and listened to all her problems (which are self-made)....still gotta do the K.K and family blog.

Summer enjoyed the beautiful weather and played outside the rest of the day. I stayed outside with her and did a little yard work. Afterwards, I went inside to make up my weekly grocery list and do some other small chores.

Oh, and Summer lost a tooth tonight! She came to me and laid it on my computer desk and asked me how much money it was worth. Tooth fairy days are gone I guess.

Toby will be off tomorrow so hopefully I will have something more interesting to post. :-)