Home*School*Home: Fall break continues.

Monday, October 16, 2006

Fall break continues.

The problem with taking a fall break is getting back into school mode. We've been in fall cleaning mode today. We've finally gotten some time to clean and organize the kids rooms. At least we had today, I should say, with no crises. I'm not counting on getting to work on it tomorrow too, but I hope so. We've been searching the local classifieds and Craig's list and found a cool bunk for the younger kids room and a loft bed for older son's room. We've temporarily got the younger two together in a room and they are enjoying it. We finally got their bunk set up today and we will try to get older son's loft up tomorrow. We've been decluttering and trying to get all their toys organized, which is a really big job. It kind of looks like we may be doing a full 2 week fall break, other than that one day of school we did last week. We might do a couple this week too, just to prepare for next week, when we get started back at school, hopefully.

4 comments:

Janet said...: You mean, we're supposed to educate them each and every year? I was thinking of taking 2nd grade off and starting up again next year I'm so far behind where I thought I'd be.

Hope the bedrooms turn out great! There must be some educating going on with that. Measuring, square footage, budgeting...; 10:33 PM
Funky-Redhead said...: ugh! I hate it when peolpe blog about organizing! I am an addict! And it makes me want to forget about homeschooling and go label a bin somewhere!lol; 11:19 AM
Anonymous said...: was going to tackle the kids rooms while they were camping, but spent the time enjoying me instead. Now you make me want to get in their and clean and organize!!! Enjoy your fall break!! School is happening while you are working and you just don't realize it!!
Post pictures of the new rooms!!
Can't wait to see them.; 11:28 AM
Anonymous said...: I was able to get a bunk for my girls last year and it has been a lifesaver! I will be searching soon for a twin bed for my ds -- because we are re-doing his room.

You are right -- it IS hard to get back into the swing of things once you take a break!

Sherry; 4:48 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."

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Fall break continues.

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