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Friday, July 24, 2009

A few things.

I've done a few things to plan for this fall's school session. I'm trying not to spend much money, but I bought a few used books. I bought a history timeline and I'm toying with the idea of using it as a history "spine" and doing World History again this year. It's been a while since we did that and everything can branch off of it. I bought a grammar book and a book a friend of mine recommended, Backyard Ballistics, which will hopefully be good for science/physics. I'm getting about ready to have some structure back, but we do still need to finish our cleaning/remodeling projects. I'm just having a hard time focusing these days.

2 comments:

Vanessa said...: The lazy days of summer sure have a way of getting at us don't they. I would love to know your resources as I am also trying to plan our next yr too. I only get a workbook for grammer. I figure I give them plenty of opportunities to do that sort of thing in all the other area's of our hs.
I can't wait to see what you came up with for your new year.

I also wanted to say thanks for stopping by my blog. I really like your blog. I added it to my fav's so I can check on it whenever.

Vanessa; 10:40 AM
Mother Mayhem said...: I'm ready to rumble here! :o); 8:27 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."

Friday, July 24, 2009

A few things.

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