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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Doing a little DVD schooling this week.

We got some Drive Through History DVDs and some Engineering an Empire DVDs that came from Netflix and some Biology DVDs that we need to give back to a friend soon, so we're watching some things and learning and trying to endure the endless days of rain. Somebody said that it might stop raining tomorrow. I sincerely hope so. I know we need rain but if I got to choose when it would rain, it would be every night between 12:00 and 1:00, a nice light rain that wouldn't wash out the driveway and would water the plants nicely, but would mostly dry by morning.

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Donna said...: Hope you get some sunshine soon.
We are using a ton of dvd's this year from Netflix for our schooling and learning alot. I checked out the Drive thru History dvd's and they look great - Thanks for posting about them.
Donna
http://homeschoolingsunnyflorida.blogspot.com/; 6:11 PM
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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."

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Doing a little DVD schooling this week.

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