Lorie, I’m so glad this article helped encourage you! If you’d like ideas for other curriculum you and your son might enjoy more for next year, you might want to consider joining our private Facebook community where you can ask the opinions of lots of other moms who are willing to give advice and information. Go to this link to apply to be added to the group: Hip Homeschool Moms Facebook Community. Also, you might want to look around on the site here (use the search bar on the right) to see if you see any other information that might be helpful to you.

There are at least a couple of options for you. One of them is to do extra work each week until you “catch up” to where you need to be. Another is to simply go through the curriculum and pick out the most important things in each subject and teach those to make it easier to work through the curriculum faster. (I know in public school they never finish a textbook, so there’s no need to worry that you’re short-changing him.) Another (and you may combine this with one of the options above) is to do school year-round to help catch up. I hope this helps!

I’m so glad to have been able to encourage you! You are definitely not alone! 🙂 Thank you for your comment. We do what we do here on the Hip Homeschool Moms site to help and encourage moms like you!

Wendy, this article is such a wonderful encouragement and Harriet, your comment just brought tears to this mama’s eyes…”God is the one teaching our children and fills in those gaps.”. SUCH a powerful statement and reminder that indeed, if God has called, He is teaching and equipping. Just today the thought passed through my mind that this was my last year of homeschooling. I would try to talk my husband into private Christian school when he got home from work and then I read this! Blessings y’all! Tina Marie

Thank you so much, Harriet! I know I often feel overwhelmed at this time of year thinking about everything that must be completed before the end of our homeschool year, and I am much better able to handle it if I have a plan. I appreciate your comment!

How many times I’ve panicked at this time of year when my children were younger. Now that my youngest is 17 and I have a few homeschooled children who are college graduates, I speak from experience when I say that God is the one who teaches your children and fills in those gaps! It is so very nice of Him to let us share in the teaching of our (His) children.