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Friday, February 24, 2006

Orderliness.

I'm ready to start the unit on orderliness next week. There's only 1 problem. Orderly person that I am, I have lost the KONOS book which contains the lesson plans. Today is going to be a day of searching. Hmmm, maybe a treasure hunt? I've been known to offer rewards for the library books that have gone missing. Sigh. Maybe I could take a class in orderliness before I try to teach it?

4 comments:

Janet said...: That is too funny! Good luck on the book search. I vote for the treasure hunt option!; 11:12 PM
Anonymous said...: I think books have legs. They hide them from us, but when we aren't looking, they scamper across the living room or under the couch or into a bedroom on their spindly legs.; 9:20 PM
Mama Heffalump said...: *ROFL*

(I'd lose my head if it wasn't attached...); 7:52 AM
Fatcat said...: Me too. Add this to the list of things I have lost. Many, many things. The thing is, this book is bright yeloow and as big as a city phone book. Where could it be?; 12:08 PM

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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."

Friday, February 24, 2006

Orderliness.

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