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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Okay today.

Today's going okay so far. My Dad is taking a while to get settled in at home with all his different medications, but hopefully, he may have it now. His medical regimen is very complicated.

We've really been enjoying the library's summer reading week. The first day, the kids did cartooning with a professional cartoonist. The second day, they played improv games and met Woodie the Kentucky Weiner dog (I'm promise, I am not making that up!). Today, they did Stomp type drumming with real drumsticks on overturned trash cans. What could be funner than that? They also got to bring home said real drumsticks. (I don't know how fun they are going to be at home.) Tomorrow, a poetry group is going to be there. I'm not sure how poetry is going to go over with my kids. If they don't want to go, I think I could stand to stay home one day this week. Friday there's a cookout and games.

3 comments:

Mother Mayhem said...: All good. :o); 8:40 AM
Amy said...: Sounds like some really cool things going on at your library. I think my kids just might choose to skip poetry day too. ;-)

I know you guys do alot of reading....have you read 'The Shack'? I was on the hold list FOREVER at my library & finally got it Tues. Oh my, is it good!!; 8:48 AM
Fatcat said...: I may have to check that out!; 10:25 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, June 24, 2009

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