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Friday, February 05, 2010

We did.

We ventured out to go skating last night and we went to a recreation center today and had a good time. Our lives are gradually resuming. I guess it's what we need to do, but it feels kind of weird. I think Reba McIntire said it best when she said "I guess the world didn't stop for my broken heart." Life goes on when you would expect it to just stop or something. I don't know.

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homeschool101 said...: Hang in there friend. Praying for you, May Gods comfort and peace surround you and bring you healing. Things will get better soon. Glad you enjoyed your day. Have a great weekend. :); 2:03 AM
Pepper said...: I'm so sorry to hear that you lost your dad, Dana. I'm very glad that you have your family and your blogging as an outlet for your emotions at this time. Both of my parents passed away 10 years ago and I can say that time has helped me cope with my loss. I hope the same for you and I pray that you'll always be comforted in knowing that God has ultimately defeated death and that our pain in not eternal. Only his love is.

Love,
Molly; 9:45 AM
Perri said...: I think you did the right thing, too. It helps to not wallow in your grief and right now, 2 hours in the car is a lot of time. One hour alone and if you were like me, you wouldn't have even been able to go in the building.

We buried my dad a year ago today. Time does help. The "I wish dad could be here to see this" will always be there, but more and more I'm happy he's healed and happy.

Praying for you.; 9:54 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."

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