Home*School*Home: Still grounded.

Monday, November 08, 2010

Still grounded.

I'm stuck home today but I'm making the most of it. I've made vegetable soup and the best gluten free cornbread ever. I've been doing a little cleaning on the house and working on my book. The kids have been doing school. The younger 2 don't have math today because they have finished the first Life of Fred book and we've got another one ordered, but it hasn't arrived yet. I didn't feel like finding any math to assign so I assigned a few extra chores instead. They were thrilled. :-P

2 comments:

Amy said...: That stinks that you're still grounded....hopefully that all gets straightened out soon!

What Fred book did y'all finish & which are you going to do next? I'm curious because I did Fractions with Michael.....I debated about keeping on with the series or going back to Saxon & ended up going back to Saxon. Now I'm thinking about ordering the Algebra ones. Tell me what you think.; 4:38 PM
Fatcat said...: Amy,

The 2 younger kids just finished prealgebra with biology and will be doing prealgebra with economics. The oldest is doing Life of Fred geometry and Teaching Textbooks Algebra 2. We like both Life of Fred and Teaching Textbooks very much.; 6:06 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."

Monday, November 08, 2010

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