Finish STRONG!

We are petering out our last little bit of energy... this Spring Break is SO NEEDED every year. I don't know WHY we need permission to take a week off, but we need permission for some reason. And Spring Break gives It to us! YEAH! (To me, it's always one week late every year, honestly.)

Happily, there IS A WAY to BOOST your school year finish. You're going to be SHOCKED but it's TRUE.

How do we finish strong?

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The year we added bee keeping to our lessons... it was amazing. The curiosity in this new avenue, this new arena of learning was phenomenal. It caused us to ALL get a new surge of desire to learn and that surge doesn't just turn off when it's time to do the other... more "common" old subjects... so we learned EVERYthing better!

Let's face it: we all like NEW and SHINY.

But in the fall semester, back to school... sort of EVERYTHING is new and shiny, so it's a bit overwhelming. ADD something NEW to your year-end today! Why? Here are FIVE GREAT REASONS:

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#1 - It's NEW! LOL. That seems silly, but any lesson, subject, theme, or topic that is unfamiliar is exciting, and that is a NEEDED emotion in these last few weeks of traditional school time.

#2 You can't fail. You literally CAN'T - it's not even supposed to exist! So anything you do with this subject at this point is a WIN! Extra! BONUS! Sprinkles on top! YEAH!

#3 Adding a carrot - a goal to the end, beginning, or middle of the day - a reason to take a break or a reason to replace a less desirable subject helps students to see the FREEDOM in their education. You are on YOUR schedule. Exercising that right simply to show that you CAN is important to your psyche and the kids' understanding of WHY you homeschool. (Freedom is likely one of those choices.)

#4 Flexing. Flexing a new muscle helps your body to use ALL the muscles around it. Right? So learning a NEW thing draws on all the strengths and skills you've built in the core curriculum.

#5 Exposing Flaws - this is a hard reason, but it's GOOD - when we try something new, we see our weaker areas. This Is a GREAT time to add something new - to help you begin thinking of your goals for the fall. Where are we weak? What do we need to practice?

So - Learning Spanish actually fulfills all these areas. It's true - it comes In a beautiful blue box. Flip Flop Spanish opens like a GIFT and the lessons feel like a GAME. Any word you learn is GRAVY - you weren't supposed to KNOW it! It flexes your memory (pictorial and linguistic, and audial), uses ALL learning styles (exposing weaknesses) and creates a "code" for the students - engaging curiosity. It doesn't add writing unless you want it to, and if you just do the Spanish Geniuses Video Course - even hanging out with me once or twice a week is going to be good exercise. I'll post a quick free lesson here in a bit.

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You're going to LOVE it.

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Start something NEW!

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FINISH STRONG.

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