In our house when one of my boys does something particularly boneheaded, my darling, ever helpful hubby will often sarcastically remark “Homeschooling, eh?” Yesterday my 11 year old gave a truly spectacular demonstration of the superior results of homeschooling while filling out a form. First he didn’t capitalize his last name, then he spelled homeschool “homeskooll”, then he started to spell his guitar teacher Steve’s … Continue reading Homeschooling at work!
The Chicago Tribune had a list of useful links for students and teachers which I thought I’d pass on to you. I copied these addresses and desciptions from the story and have tried to correct incomplete addresses, but if you come across something which doesn’t work, leave a message and I’ll try to fix it: ACADEMIC ALL STARS http://www.ipl.org — Tough to say enough good … Continue reading Link-o-palooza!
If you have read this blog for any amount of time, you may have noticed that I go through cycles of worry and paranoia about how we teach our two sons, ages 7 and 11. Much of this is fed by the fact that the homeschool moms I spend the most time with are the type who buy curricula and are pretty darn disciplined about … Continue reading Learning by Osmosis
This week’s carnival of homeschooling is up over at Patricia Ann’s Pollywog Creek Porch. It’s a trip to the swamp without the mosquito bites! My post from yesterday about the Washington Post columns on high school mediocrity is there as well as a bunch of other good stuff. So skip the Off! and head on over there. Continue reading Carnival Of Homeschooling’s Up!
Recently, my 11 year old has been giving me fits. I don’t think it’s anything real unusual for a kid his age and it is particularly understandable considering the challenges and changes our family has had to face in the past year or so. Basically he’s been lazy, selfish and somewhat surly as of late. Of course we’re dealing with these things and I think … Continue reading I’ve got an itch I need to scratch
My friend Julie, a smart, resourceful homeschooling mom has just opened the homeschooldiner.com. It’s a website devoted to spreading the word about homeschooling, helping people find materials, methods and curriculum which will work best for them and their child(ren). In our circle, Julie is the queen of info and always knows the best websites, resources and activities out there. If you or someone you know … Continue reading The Homeschool Diner is Open!
In our house we take a pretty relaxed approach to schooling. Not quite strict unschooling, but much closer to that than to “school at home”. However, it has always been my plan that we would gradually ramp up to a more formalized approach as the kids got older so that they would be sure to cover math through calculus, world and American history, learn a … Continue reading Speaking of preparing for a new school year
Over on msn.com, one of the highlighted stories scrolling across the top of the page is about the blogs of 4 teachers preparing to start a new school year – 2 looking forward and 2 starting retirment. One of the 2 teachers looking forward to the new school year of a HOMESCHOOLING mom named Tanna. Blog here. I think it’s way cool that a mainstream … Continue reading Way cool
I’m sure all my faithful minions are heartbroken that I haven’t been blogging more this week, but packing must continue. So in the meantime, I’ll direct you to some fun stuff to look through: The Pig’s Tales: A 4th grade teacher blogging about life, school, kids and an outrageously terrible principle. I recommend starting here and wandering through older posts (the stuff on her main … Continue reading Stuff to look at
Week 16 of the Carnival of Homeschooling is up over at about homeschooling. If you haven’t seen a carnival before, be sure to head on over. It’s a sampling of what homeschoolers on the blogosphere are talking about and can be a great way to find new, interesting blogs. My post “My kitchen table’s under-used (and I think I’m OK with that)” is included in … Continue reading This week’s carnival of Homeschooling is up!
The Upside Down World 