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Friday, April 22, 2011

My big birthday adventure.

Yesterday, was my birthday. My daughter and I planned a big girl-type adventure for the day.

We packed up some supplies.

and some nutritious snacks.

a change of shoes in case our feet got tired. We were headed for ...

Unfortunately, we saw a lot of this.

and our speedometer spent a lot of time looking like this

But finally we saw the city!

and then we got to our final destination.

We spent 4 1/2 hours here enjoying every second of it and getting some wonderful bargains.

When I went to load the furniture we bought, there were 2 geese in front of Ikea. Every time I go to Ohio I see geese doing crazy things. Anyone know what's up with that?

I had a very fun birthday. Kind of takes the sting out of that new number. (my new age, eeek!)

3 comments:

Donna said...: Happy Birthday! I hope all of your Birthday Wishes come true : )
Donna
http://homeschoolingsunnyflorida.blogspot.com/; 11:54 AM
Amy said...: Happy Birthday to you! Looks like you guys had a great day. What all did you get? I've never been to an Ikea.....only heard good things about it.; 9:06 PM
Fatcat said...: I bought the 99 cent bed pillows, the 49.00 wardrobe, the 14.99 kitchen chairs, a couple of wall shelves, some tea light holders for 49 cents, a knife set for 2.99, the 4.99 living room curtains and it seems like something else. My daughter bought a bunch of closet organizers and stuff like that.; 11:20 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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