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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Well, maybe today.

Maybe today we'll get back into our routines. Yesterday turned out to be mostly a rest day. We did go to a meeting with the homeschool group and we planned field trips and meetings for the next 3 months. Other than that, we didn't do anything useful. I'm trying to get things done I told people I'd do, uploading pictures to share from the holiday and sending some files and things to people. Also today I need to get some transcription done, a LOT of transcription done and get school going. We're getting ready to study the time period of WW1 and I've been reading a bit of background information. I don't remember ever studying much about WW1 in school. I remember studying WW2 in high school by watching a mini-series on Pearl Harbor and then in college I took a class called United States History through 1865 but I don't think I ever took the second half. How could I have gotten my degree without ever studing the second half? Anyway, I've got some pre-reading to do. I'm not sure when I'll fit that in.

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A Bishops Wife said...: Ahhh, This sounds familiar. We are attempting to get back to "normal" also. It is so difficult for some reason. I must say, I am glad to see it is not just us having this problem. Good luck!; 8:39 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."

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Well, maybe today.

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