Fall 2016 Schedule Reflection and New Year Anticipation

I realized that I should keep a record of the classes that the girls are taking, especially as this semester went particularly well in terms of having a balance between classes-at-home and classes with other educators.  A few improvements I'd prefer include always having a sport for each girl, but with K opposed to soccer and excluded because of her gender from the local fall baseball option, I couldn't figure out a solution that would work for her (we have the same problem in the spring with G after basketball ends, though without the gender discrimination issue.) .

This semester the girls both had two full weekdays of classes with educators other than me - one a day that I facilitated and that they participated in together, the other different programs that they participated in individually and without me.  Two other days of the week we focused on work at home, working individually and together through math, history, languages, and homework from their other classes.  K also had an all-day Saturday class, which meant three full days of classes for her. We had one mostly field trip day - museums, historic sites, and/or nature.

Classes for G:
Writing
Art
Mindfulness
Religious Ed
Literature
Theater (musical)
Math (fractions)
Math concepts (separate from above)
Anatomy through physical examination
Computer building and programming
World History - the end of the medieval period
Big History - a program geared toward high school students.  "It is an emerging academic discipline that examines history from the Big Bang to the present. It examines long time frames using a multidisciplinary approach based on combining numerous disciplines from science and the humanities and explores human existence in the context of this bigger picture."
German
Choir (two choirs, actually)
Guitar

Classes for K
Government, Politics, and US History
Literature
Debate and Public Speaking
Theater (musical)
Shakespeare (Henry V)
Mock Trials
Math (pre-algebra with physics)
Math concepts (different from above)
Anatomy through physical examination
Computer building and programming
World History - the end of the medieval period
Big History - a program geared toward high school students.  "It is an emerging academic discipline that examines history from the Big Bang to the present. It examines long time frames using a multidisciplinary approach based on combining numerous disciplines from science and the humanities and explores human existence in the context of this bigger picture."
Italian
Religious Ed
Choir
Guitar

Sports:
G:  Volleyball and Basketball teams; acro and hip hop dance classes
K:  Basketball team, batting practice

Entrepreneurial Endeavors:
Enchanted Aromas, Kids With a Dream (making and selling perfume)
KAGA jewelers (making and selling earrings and necklaces)
Three Friends Cool Cookies, Cakes, and Pies
Pet Care by G
KAGA Catering (one event)
KAGA (a band newly emerging on the rock scene)

(Photos by Aurore and taken a few months ago, but they seemed to match the mood of year-end reflection and new year anticipation as we think about the last year and make plans for the next.   I just love that K still runs her hand through my hair for comfort, same as she did when she was a baby and we spent so many hours together with her in the backpack)