Our son needed to review elapsed time and work on his spelling and handwriting. I also had him do a bit of typing and math drill reviews. He took hip-hop with a friend, swimming, piano, and did a drama camp.
Our daughter needed to work on reading, but also took jazz, swimming, did KinderBach at home, and drama camp.
We kept busy and I was really glad to not have to compete with regular school!
For culture, I thought I'd choose a country a week to study. I ended up choosing a specific country/week by the type of food we were in the mood for. We ended up only doing about 1/2 our countries, but it was a good effort. We covered China, Thailand, England, Sweden, India, and Mexico. Sometimes I'd make the food, sometimes we'd go out. I almost purchased the Confessions of a Homeschooler's curriculum, but instead made a really simple worksheet for the kids to complete to learn more about the country. Then we'd talk about it. They didn't always do all the worksheet, but it gave us a little focus.
