Time for another loop back to a previous post for an update. Today’s topic: homeschool! Or perhaps it should be the broader topic of education. We didn’t move to Panama so the girls could get a world class curriculum....
Mother’s Day in Panama
There was no school today (shocking!) but instead there was a Mother’s Day fiesta. Mother’s Day is on Monday here (I think I’l be celebrating it on both USA and Panama schedules!) and the school sent home a little...
Public School Adventures
Adventures in schooling continues. Haley is feeling better but she needed one more day to get over her head cold, so Zoe was the only gringa at school today. I decided today would be a good day to walk...
School and Laundry Update
School update, day 2! This morning Haley was wearing street clothes. She insisted that her classmates instructed her to do this, but I was dubious. Turns out it was OK… to BRING street clothes. When she arrived everyone was...
Back to School For Reals
School started today! For real! Zoe was up and energetic very early. School is always so good for her, the extrovert that she is. It was a rare rainy morning (usually whatever rain we have stops by early morning)...
Not Back to School
The girls are home from school already, a mere 12 minutes after it started! ha! Turns out there’s no school for the lower grades today. I had heard from a friend who has a kinder kid that school is...
Back to School Shopping
Earlier this week I was told of a local expat from Australia who sends her kids to the local Panamanian school. She was very nice to meet with me yesterday and answer all my questions. She told me of...
TGIF in Panama
Yay for Friday! It’s been a long week, although very enjoyable if you ask me. We had our usual homeschooling this morning, which was interrupted yet again by science and the arrival of a lizard. We didn’t get to...