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Monday, October 18, 2010

Small World.

Last week we got Season 6 of House M.D. on DVD. Since we don't have broadcast TV anymore because of the digital TV thing that went into effect last year, we watch whole series at one time from Netflix. Anyway, on the show they were talking about other hospitals in the area and they mentioned the one I used to work at in New Jersey. Such a small world. Now I work at a hospital in Florida. I have always lived here in Kentucky, but I have worked at hospitals all over the country in my 16 years as a medical transcriptionist. I wish I had been able to personally travel and visit all the states I've worked in. That would be quite a road trip.

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Amy said...: Hey Girl! I am back online (at least for the moment) after having issues with our internet....anyways, just popping in to see what y'all were up to. Love hearing about how you watch the seasons of House on Netflix....we do the same thing with NCIS. And it's so cool how you can turn these things into educational times....learning geography & such. It's cool with NCIS & all their talk of places in VA that are right near us.; 9:47 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."

Monday, October 18, 2010

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