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Sunday, August 12, 2007

Well

It was fun participating in the back to homeschool week event and now I am forced to go back to trying to think of my own subject to post. Hmmm. Nice weather we're having, isn't it. A bit hot, though. ;0)

As I posted earlier, I think our break was just long enough and we were all ready to go back to school and school has been going pretty well this week. Of course that means that something else has to go badly, right? I mean, I can't possibly have work, school and housework all done can I? Of course not. The housework took a bad downturn this week and I got a little behind on my transcription work so that I will have to work today. Luckily for me, yesterday, the kids wanted to have their cousins come over so I was able to get them to do a quick straighten up of the house while I worked. Since we cleaned on it all summer, it didn't take too long to put it back in order, at least for relatives who've definitely seen it looking worse ...

I hope school goes as well this week.

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Henny Penny said...: My new lesson planner came today. Guess what I'll be doing while I'm taking it easy? ;o); 7:03 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."

Sunday, August 12, 2007

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