Okay, tonight Tim asked Maria and me about growing a coconut. We laughed and speculated if it’s anything like the avocado seeds Lydia is trying to sprout, this could take a looong time. The avocado experiment began when Dan and Alicia sent an avocado for b.g. to eat for lunch. The kids were interested in […]
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Tim’s in vision therapy this fall. It’s going well. He’s going to be up to speed at reading shortly, probably by spring he’ll be at grade level. This is why we started homeschooling in the first place–dyslexia. It’s a genetic thing–half the kids are dyslexic. They call things like this learning disabilities, but I don’t
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My mom signed Tim up to receive a kit every month, a little building project kit. Finally, the first kit arrived over the weekend, and today when Jay stopped by at lunch time, Tim talked him into working on it. The directions had pictures, so Tim could see what to do. This is what was
a cute little gopher-cheeked cowboy from years ago Kari and James have been working on some worksheets about Arkansas for a while now. This workbook features several pages of detailed info on each state. They pick away at it until they announce they can’t take it anymore and move on to the next state. I
Below is something I wrote a long time ago for the site Life Without School. The question was what the crucial elements of homeschool might be….obviously everybody’s list would be different, but it was fun to think about. http://lifewithoutschool.typepad.com/ You know… as some of my children have reached adulthood, they are well-educated and civilized, and
Yesterday my daughter in law and I were talking about t.c. and what a nut he is. His mom and I are a little worried about when he goes to school, hoping he gets teachers who appreciate him. I hate that he’ll have to go at all, be molded by that place. I’d love to
A photo from 20 years ago, our first year of homeschool: Dan is the upside down one. John’s in the red shirt. Heidi’s grinning, and Kirsten is the tiny pipsqueak. Their dad is the one cleaning guts from a pumpkin. (Can you believe that linoleum?? Holy cow. It came with the house.) I thought I
This in response to a mom of an 8 year old who can read very well, but is whiny and “lazy” and uncooperative in homeschool:Just some thoughts… I’ve been at this since 1989, still have kids in homeschool, and have learned a few things the hard way. Okay–lazy is a very negative word. We all
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We started out in 1989 with me making them do all this STUFF. I had schedules and lists and way too much fear and too many ideas. I felt so weighed down by the responsibility. We started homeschooling due to dyslexia, so between that issue and my own insecurity, it was an ordeal for them
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