When Chaos Breeds Wisdom...

Our homeschool year is done, thank goodness. Imagine walking through mud...that is how much of the year felt. Just couldn't seem to get a groove, and unlike any other homeschool mother out there with their well planned year and zero scheduling hiccups to contend with  I was just trying to finish the year the best I could.

So our last big PUSH to just finish it all, ended up being the breeding ground for some awesome homeschool wisdom. History was one subject my oldest just couldn't get whittled down,  which led to her doing two and three chapters in one setting, and the craziest thing happened...she started to learn! She began to see how each event was an effect of some previous occurrence. Having concentrated learning on one subject at a time created a perfect environment for her to not just learn facts but for it to soak in.  So next year we are going to try and break up her curriculum in order to allow for some bulk learning of each subject.
Now this wouldn't work for my son, as he like to have the variety of different subjects. I love how we have the freedom to tweak different aspects in order to accommodate each individual child, but even more I love that if it doesn't work then we can simply change it again!
What started as  a mad dash chaos to the finish line, ended with some great insight that will enrich our homeschool experience!