I saw this video the other day and I have to say it really made me laugh. Some of these statements I have not encountered in my personal life, but many I have. I hope this video will put a smile on your face as well. Happy Homeschooling!
Saturday, December 15, 2012
12 Days of Homeschooling
I saw this video the other day and I have to say it really made me laugh. Some of these statements I have not encountered in my personal life, but many I have. I hope this video will put a smile on your face as well. Happy Homeschooling!
2010 to 2012 What Happened???
I was thinking the other day, yes I do that from time to time, it has been a LONG time since I worked on my blogs (I have many of them). Then I thought about it some more and decided to log into Blogger and just see how long it had been. Well much to may shock I had not spoken my mind since 2010.
Guess I owe people, if anyone, an apology for not working on this. Well do I really owe anyone an apology, well not really. But I feel it is time to bring this blog back up to date and try to maintain this blog. I have one word to explain what has taken place over the past two years.....CRAZINESS. Yes, I think that about sums it up very well. My family was turned upside down on 05/15/10 when a person, who I thought was my soul mate, my partner in crime left. Without any warning...POOF....decided that he was not "happy with himself" and left. After many tears and much fear, my kids and I picked up the pieces of our lives and pressed on. Although I don't regret the choice to marry this person, after all my children would not be here if it was not for that union, I do regret any pain they have suffered due to the actions of another.
So hear we are almost to the end of 2012.....a single parent homeschooling household. Can we do this....YES WE CAN! Is it hard...YES IT IS! But one day at a time, step by step we can do it.
One of my goals in life it to become a Curriculum Writer, and so the first place to begin would be with making the stuff I write known to others. Thus this blog will not only talk about the joys, the frustrations of homeschooling/life, but also begin to contain some of the vision I have when it comes to Curriculum.
Guess I owe people, if anyone, an apology for not working on this. Well do I really owe anyone an apology, well not really. But I feel it is time to bring this blog back up to date and try to maintain this blog. I have one word to explain what has taken place over the past two years.....CRAZINESS. Yes, I think that about sums it up very well. My family was turned upside down on 05/15/10 when a person, who I thought was my soul mate, my partner in crime left. Without any warning...POOF....decided that he was not "happy with himself" and left. After many tears and much fear, my kids and I picked up the pieces of our lives and pressed on. Although I don't regret the choice to marry this person, after all my children would not be here if it was not for that union, I do regret any pain they have suffered due to the actions of another.
So hear we are almost to the end of 2012.....a single parent homeschooling household. Can we do this....YES WE CAN! Is it hard...YES IT IS! But one day at a time, step by step we can do it.
One of my goals in life it to become a Curriculum Writer, and so the first place to begin would be with making the stuff I write known to others. Thus this blog will not only talk about the joys, the frustrations of homeschooling/life, but also begin to contain some of the vision I have when it comes to Curriculum.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Goal for 2010 - cleaner house
So how does your home school work with keeping your house clean?
This year I am going to try to find a system that works for keeping the house clean and school at the same time. First main thing is to get our kids more involved in the cleaning process. I think each day we will have a 30 minutes house cleaning taking place Morning, Afternoon and Night. Tomorrow will be day one and we shall see how this goes. I already have index cards with the cleaning chores of the day on them so we will use those as our guide for cleaning the house.
This year I am going to try to find a system that works for keeping the house clean and school at the same time. First main thing is to get our kids more involved in the cleaning process. I think each day we will have a 30 minutes house cleaning taking place Morning, Afternoon and Night. Tomorrow will be day one and we shall see how this goes. I already have index cards with the cleaning chores of the day on them so we will use those as our guide for cleaning the house.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
The end of 2009
So looking back on life.....how has your home school been this past year? Has it been perfect? If you answer yes I bet you are lying. Looking back at the past year what went well? What would you change?
Now to answer those questions personally...
What went well?
We discovered the value of a family schedule.
We did developed a new system of lesson planning/record keeping.
We learned how to juggle two students in full time school.
What would we change?
Get better at keeping up with record keeping.
Get better at sticking to our schedule and not letting school work take ALL day.
Work better at keeping out kids on task.
So here is to the close of 2009 and the beginning of 2010.
Now to answer those questions personally...
What went well?
We discovered the value of a family schedule.
We did developed a new system of lesson planning/record keeping.
We learned how to juggle two students in full time school.
What would we change?
Get better at keeping up with record keeping.
Get better at sticking to our schedule and not letting school work take ALL day.
Work better at keeping out kids on task.
So here is to the close of 2009 and the beginning of 2010.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Ding Ding....let the school bell ring
Ding.....Ding....Ding....time for school.
For some school has already begun.....for others it has never fully stopped....for some it is about to begin.
For our family we kick off school officially the day after Labor Day. So for us, September 8, 2009 will be our first day of the 2009-2010 school year. This year we are going to kick it off with a celebration. I am planning a "Back to School" party for the kids. We tend to have mini school going on during the summer. Things like finishing up a project that did not get completed, starting on a subject that has more lessons then our tradition Labor Day to Memorial Day will allow. Because of this mini school type mode we have been in I am going to make the start of school something to remember.
I am planning like this:
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls - I always make them when it is something special.
School Cake for dessert that night.
Lunch will be planned by the kids.
See in the summer we relax the schedule in our house and this year I feel it will be rough to get back in the swing of things. For that reason we are going to start next week in a pseudo-schedule. Making sure we are done with breakfast by 9 am. Lunch is from Noon-1 pm. This way we get the idea of when school time will take place. We shall see how this goes. I think this will be a training for me more then for our kids. Our kids are usually pretty easy going, although this summer they have began to find great joy in playing on the computer which will have to slowdown in order to do true school. So this practice schedule will be good as it will get me back in the swing of things.
So for school I need to do the following:
Books ordered and in - Check
Lesson plans ready for at least the first month and plotted for the year - Check
2008-2009 paperwork put away - only half done as of this blog entry, need to work on that one some.
Supplies are ready - Check
Ok here is to another school year. Good luck to you and your family as you begin the wonderful journey we call learning.
For some school has already begun.....for others it has never fully stopped....for some it is about to begin.
For our family we kick off school officially the day after Labor Day. So for us, September 8, 2009 will be our first day of the 2009-2010 school year. This year we are going to kick it off with a celebration. I am planning a "Back to School" party for the kids. We tend to have mini school going on during the summer. Things like finishing up a project that did not get completed, starting on a subject that has more lessons then our tradition Labor Day to Memorial Day will allow. Because of this mini school type mode we have been in I am going to make the start of school something to remember.
I am planning like this:
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls - I always make them when it is something special.
School Cake for dessert that night.
Lunch will be planned by the kids.
See in the summer we relax the schedule in our house and this year I feel it will be rough to get back in the swing of things. For that reason we are going to start next week in a pseudo-schedule. Making sure we are done with breakfast by 9 am. Lunch is from Noon-1 pm. This way we get the idea of when school time will take place. We shall see how this goes. I think this will be a training for me more then for our kids. Our kids are usually pretty easy going, although this summer they have began to find great joy in playing on the computer which will have to slowdown in order to do true school. So this practice schedule will be good as it will get me back in the swing of things.
So for school I need to do the following:
Books ordered and in - Check
Lesson plans ready for at least the first month and plotted for the year - Check
2008-2009 paperwork put away - only half done as of this blog entry, need to work on that one some.
Supplies are ready - Check
Ok here is to another school year. Good luck to you and your family as you begin the wonderful journey we call learning.
Friday, May 29, 2009
So to Summer School or not
In the famouse style of William Shakespeare......to Summer School or Not....that is the question.
Ok now that summer is officially upon us one begins to think....do we do school during the summer or take the summer off.
Here at our home we do a different type of school...we do more art/music and outdoor learning as appose to the traditional text book learning. This summer we have set up a specific activity each day of the week. This helps us keep a form of schedule in place as well as insure the kids don't just blow their summer away.
This year our summer school looks like this:
Monday - painting
Tuesday - Library (we are in the summer reading program at the library)
Wednesday - Clay/Play dough
Thursday - Pastels/chalk/pencils
Friday - Baking
So now you have to look at your own family and figure out if a version of Summer School would work well.
Ok now that summer is officially upon us one begins to think....do we do school during the summer or take the summer off.
Here at our home we do a different type of school...we do more art/music and outdoor learning as appose to the traditional text book learning. This summer we have set up a specific activity each day of the week. This helps us keep a form of schedule in place as well as insure the kids don't just blow their summer away.
This year our summer school looks like this:
Monday - painting
Tuesday - Library (we are in the summer reading program at the library)
Wednesday - Clay/Play dough
Thursday - Pastels/chalk/pencils
Friday - Baking
So now you have to look at your own family and figure out if a version of Summer School would work well.
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