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Saturday, July 25, 2009

What we're reading.

I'm reading the Septimus Heap series, Magyk, Flyte and Physik by Angie Sage. Actually I'm on the third book. I haven't started it yet. I got sidetracked from beginning it yesterday by, believe it or not, the biology book I got. I've been reading that when I get a minute.

Oldest son is reading one of the Star Wars series. There are many.

Daughter is reading On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, Adventure, Peril, Lost Jewels and the Fearsome Toothy Cows of Skree. By Andrew Peterson. She says that it is good so far. She really likes the title of this book.

Youngest is reading the Alex Rider series, by Anthony Horowitz, about a kid who is a spy.

Husband is reading Monsoon by Wilbur Smith.

Are we proud, a post that is not about D-O-G-S.

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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."

Saturday, July 25, 2009

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