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Monday, May 07, 2007

Can you believe it's Monday again so soon? That means it's time for Dancing with the Stars again tonight. I think it will be time for Billy Ray to go home this week. He's given it a good try but I think he's done now. His fans may be able to keep him in, but it will surprise me.

Not too much going on around here today and I'm glad. We've done field trips the last 2 Mondays and today I need to get some things done that I've been neglecting. Like cleaning the house and school work! Although if I can think of a good excuse ...

My youngest bought himself a watch yesterday with his savings. He loves it. He's been setting alarms and telling everyone the time, showing us the light and generally having a wonderful time as a new watch owner. It makes him seem so grown up to be wearing a watch. His birthday is in a few weeks and he will be 9! How can that be possible?

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Henny Penny said...: The Kid is still mourning because she can't watch Billy Ray. I'm such a mean mom. I think he's been ready to go since week one! The look on his face each week they have told him he isn't has been priceless! LOL

Almost 9 and a brand new watch? He can't picture his life being any better than that right now! Happy early birthday to your baby!; 6:49 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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