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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Better Now.

We're somewhat better now. A couple of hundred dollars was all it took to get the septic system straightened out. The kids are gradually getting over whatever it is that they had and things are back on a more even keel here, thank goodness. We're even getting our sense of humor back. We've been watching the Olympics but not really taking advantage of any of the unique study opportunities that they present. We've just been watching. Maybe tonight we'll get the globe and locate the countries the athletes are from and I'll look and see if there are any activiities in the KONOS book that we haven't done yet. Then, when the Olympics are over, we will have some sort of end of unit party and then start our next unit, whichever one it is. ;-)

Didn't Sasha Cohen do a great job last night?

3 comments:

Mama Heffalump said...: Couldn't get Rosie interested in the lympics at all... She does, however, love to watch UK play ball. *Go Big Blue*

Have you ever had a hands on look at the Prairie Primer by any chance? I'd like your opinion. *Smile*; 8:06 AM
Fatcat said...: I haven't looked at Prairie Primer, though I've heard good things about it. My kids haven't really shown much interest in the Little House books yet. We read Little House in the Big Woods and Farmer Boy, but not much interest here. Sorry, I'm no help.; 9:33 AM
Mama Heffalump said...: I've heard good things too... Thanks! *Grin*; 4:40 PM

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Homeschooling Advice.

1. Try it. You might enjoy it. It might change your life. It might not be your thing, but you won't know if you don't ever try.

2. Find out what your state (or country) requires, the bare minimum. Do this and then with the rest of it, have fun with it. It doesn't have to be all serious and it doesn't have to look like the inside of a classroom. You're at home. Relax. Play. Read. Learn together. Enjoy your kids. They grow up way too fast.

3. Don't let a written curriculum boss you around. If it works, great. If it's not working for you, throw it out. If only parts of it work, use those and throw the rest out. It's not the boss of you. When shopping for curriculum, read reviews. Try to go somewhere where you can actually hold the book in your hands and look through it. Print out a sample day or week and try and implement it or borrow it before buying. It's kind of hit and miss buying books without being able to see them.

4. Find a homeschool support group. Or two. If you can't find one in real life, find one online. Get support where ever you can.

5. Make a mess now and then. Go outside and put some mentos in coke. Make alka-seltzer rockets. Make some great art. Make a timeline and a map. Grow some borax crystals. Use levers to lift things. Make a trebuchet out of whatever you can find around the house.

6. Go on as many field trips as you can.

The point of this blog.

"there is a theme, if you read, you'll get a growing conviction that homeschooling is a lifestyle that is worthwhile, that it is extremely good for kids and families, that it promotes bonding, is a personalized education that is superior to what you can get anywhere else for your kids, is fun and can be done even if you have a 400 track mind, no math skills (thankfully my husband does though), through working, job changes, bad hair days, home remodeling, deaths, illness, surgery, broken bones and various other things and it actually makes dealing with these things easier, not harder, than it was when we were in the public schools, because homeschooling is so incredibly flexible. That's the point I've been trying to make for the last 5 years or so."

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

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