Home*School*Home: Still no planning ...

Monday, July 10, 2006

Still no planning ...

I just haven't done it. Not even in pencil. I really can't decide what to do with my oldest son, curriculum-wise, and until I decide that, I don't want to decide what to do with the younger two kids. I would kind of like to coordinate their units somewhat, but that seems like it would take so much energy ... so anyway, its not done. This time last year, I felt so good about homeschooling. We were reading Swiss Family Robinson and getting a bunch of the reading for the next unit done and feeling really energized ... but this year, no such thing. We're reading (as usual) Hank the Cowdog and making no plans. Sigh. Maybe this week.

2 comments:

Lynn said...: My kids LOVE Hank the cowdog!
I am absolutely horrible on planning, I usually just end up writing down what we did at the end of the day.; 9:49 AM
flowerpot said...: i have a 12 year old that i have no idea what i am going to do with him,; 2:30 AM

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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."

Monday, July 10, 2006

Still no planning ...

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