I made packets of workbook pages for each boy to work on through the summer. So far it isn't going too well. My thought was to keep their brains working a bit so we don't have to make up too much when we start up again in the fall. I have seemed too busy to keep up with it though, and to tell the truth, I am not sure they need it. They both ask often to go to the library and they pick out good books. Right now #2 is reading about the ancient Egyptians, pyramids, and how to make Egyptian beer. He plans to make some for a 4-H meeting and let the others try it. Then there is the book of poetry he has been working through...Edgar Allen Poe's classics. He also decided he wants to have a lemonade stand, so he has made a few preparations for that. That idea lead #1 to think he wants to sell cookies to raise money for 4-H, so yesterday he made them and cleaned up the kitchen mostly by himself. They both helped with dinner. And of course there are the trips, camps, museums, park days... I guess I am an "unschooler" at heart. #2 is writing a newspaper too. He is the astrologist and has been coming up with ideas for our horoscopes. #2 wanted to be a journalist as well so he is a "girlologist". He is studying how weird girls are. I have been told, however, that moms aren't girls and girls are only weird until they are about 20, sometimes 18. We'll see how long that thought survives!