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Saturday, May 16, 2009

Wii.

Our kids have saved up their own money and bought themselves a Wii. That's what's going on at our house right now. As soon as noon gets here, which is the screentime end time on Saturday, they'll be in here begging for more time. I haven't decided if I'll give it to them or not. It's wet and rainy outside (AGAIN), so I may let them have a bit more. It's different from other video games in that it is at least a little bit active. They've got Wii sports and Wii play. I need to think of a plan for when they ask ... make them clean the house or something for more time. Hey, a mom's gotta get some benefit from this thing, right? Yesterday, before I'd let them go shopping with their Dad for it, I made them find a library book that they had lost and was overdue!

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Freakmom said...: We love our Wii. I got Wii Fit and have done it every day for almost 6 months.

The one thing I don't like about the Wii is the Miis sportsmanship. They need a little better attitude. They get all depressed when they lose a game. The dance just a little too happily when they win. Not what an overly sensitive kid needs. She's crushed when her Mii is unhappy.; 9:51 AM

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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."

Saturday, May 16, 2009

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