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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Sunday Stuff.

Today I am better. I have gotten over (maybe) turning my advanced age, the roof is not leaking today because it's not raining and I'm getting better at giving Max his shots. I guess. I'm getting it done anyway. Max doesn't mind if you poke him with a needle so that's a good thing. I have not done any random acts of kindness. I was out at the store today and just didn't think about it, but I am putting it on the agenda for this week. I'll celebrate my birthday by giving to others and I'll report back. Yesterday something kind of funny happened. My youngest son finally got me with an April fools trick that he set up on April fools day, but I just got caught with it yesterday. He took a pen and somehow modified it so that it had 2 blunt ends and no writing tip. Then he put a cap on it. Yesterday I was watching something on my computer and wanted to write something down and I picked up the pen and was confused for a second. Then I had to laugh. I said "I think someone got me." and he said "finally." :-)

Sunday, April 01, 2012

April Fool's Day!

I had fun with April Fool's today. I put balloons in shoes, balloons in backpacks, a slinky in the dishwasher and jello in the tea. We took one of our fake spills to church and sprung the joke on 5 or 6 unsuspecting people. It was great fun, for me anyway. I'm not sure the 2 people who tried to pour half congealed jello/tea enjoyed it. :-P

Thursday, March 01, 2012

March Fools!

Our 4H projects from last week are done already, they're fake spills for April fools. The instructions said that they would take 2 weeks to dry, but we just checked them today anyway and they were done. Do you think they look real?

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Valentine Party.

We had our homeschool Valentine's party today. By having it a week late, we saved money on valentines which were half price, and candy. It was a fun time. We combined it with our monthly 4H meeting. At our meeting today we made fake spilled drinks and real copies of some restaurant drinks. The fake spills are made from tacky glue and will be dry in a couple of weeks and will be great fun in time for April fool's day. Family Fun The real drinks were copies of a famous restaurant's cherry lime-aid and ocean water. Everyone pretty much loved the lime-aid but the ocean water must be an acquired taste. To me, it tasted like suntan lotion. Afterwards we went for a snack at Taco Bell. It was a fun day.

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."