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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Rebellion.

We have a rebel in the house. One person who does not want to do school, chores or basically anything. The problem is, it's me. I just want a break. I want to watch TV and laze around and not do anything. I've been pretty good since the Christmas break, getting my routines done, getting school done, getting work done (mostly) but the last couple of days, I've lost my momentum. I just don't want to. I want all of this to be done, but I don't want to do it.

Hopefully, I'll get motivated soon.

4 comments:

Mrs. Darling said...: We all have these days. Thankfully it passes.; 1:40 PM
The Old Gray Mare said...: I think we all struggle with the motivation factor.

I've got some info posted for you now.; 2:50 PM
Sherri said...: This happens to me every month a few days before I start. I used to beat myself up about it, which only caused the moodiness part of it to worsen. Now, I have learned to just embrace it. I know that the house isn't going to fall apart around me literally, so I just slow down and stop making excuses for it. The great thing is that I know for a fact that on the DAY that I start, my energy and motivaton will return.; 2:18 AM
Anonymous said...: Well, it seems to me that public schools have many "teacher days" with the kids off. Give them some educational videos to watch (History channel). Let them play a game (Math). And write a letter to a pen pal and there you go.... you can watch tv and just vegge out.

Yaaa right!! :)

I also would love to do that, but my two kids just fight fight and fight!!!; 5:36 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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