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Monday, June 16, 2008

This morning.

I've got a list of about a bazillion things to do today. I haven't started yet. I am procrastinating as I always do when cleaning or making phone calls is involved. And both of those are. Sigh. I really need to write out a plan for when to do each thing, but honestly, I don't know where to start. I guess getting a load of laundry going would be the best first choice. The kids can't understand why we'd want to clean the house before we go, but I can't stand the thought of coming home to a dirty house, coming home and being behind on work and housework. That would ruin vacation for me, so I'm going to get as much of both done as I can before we go. Then after we get back, I can relax and recover from the vacation. Hey, that's how it works, right?

At least school is done for most of us. Finally.

I'm on page 1048 of the Rainbow Resource Homeschool Catalog. I've been carrying it almost everywhere with me and going through a few pages at a time. Fun.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: I feel the exact same way about having my house clean! Derek doesn't understand why I stress about it. I don't know how much cleaning I will be able to get done on it before we go, sadly.; 12:36 PM
Amy said...: Yep, gotta have a clean house before you go on vacation! So, where are y'all headed?; 9:12 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."

Monday, June 16, 2008

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