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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Not home.

Today, I feel like I illustrated that joke about homeschoolers never being home. We all had dentist appointments this morning, which took a couple of hours, then I had to work, then I went to the doctor about my latest urinary tract infection (it's fun being me sometimes!) and then the kids had youth group. While the 2 older kids were there, the youngest and I went to the Kroger pharmacy to try and pick up my prescription. We waited in line for 20 minutes, then when we got to the front of the line, they told us that it would be at least 20 more minutes. It had been called in 2 hours prior. So anyway, we went a little crazy at the Kroger while we were waiting, buying pudding, Cheetos and Jelly Bellys, then got back in line and were finally able to pick it up. Then we went to the library and then finally back home. The day seems longer when you spend so much of it waiting, at the dentist, at the doctor and at the pharmacy. Our doctor's office really needs better magazines.

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Sherri said...: I am tired of feeling guity for missing school for one reason or another. My new motto is that we center school around life instead of like around school. When I said this my middle child said, "Mom, isn't that why we started homeschooling in the first place?" I love it!!; 9:51 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."

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

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