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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Happy Holidays.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday season. I am working today (Joy!) but I couldn't turn them down. One of the other transcriptionists grandma is being buried today. Can you imagine? I have things to do, but nothing more important than she does. I may just throw unwrapped packages at my kids later, but so what? Wrapping paper doesn't matter. What we eat doesn't matter. I think my ICU stay has made me more focused on what really does matter. Family. Love.

Merry Christmas.

2 comments:

Freakmom said...: Some of the things people do for the holidays are just crazy! Do they really enjoy themselves when they work so hard? I wonder. The kids will love the gifts wrapping paper or no. And if they aren't wrapped, it will be a Christmas to talk about for years to come! Have a Merry One!; 9:34 AM
Amy said...: God will bless you for that, Dana.....what a gift you gave to your co-worker! I'm sure she really appreciates it. Hope you have a great day & get everything done. Merry Christmas! ;-); 9:59 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."

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Happy Holidays.

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