We’ve been in school for about a month now. In fact, we’re only a few weeks off from taking a week-long fall break! Yet, I’m enjoying reading the posts of many friends who are starting school more formally within the last couple of weeks. Inevitably, I read about the mom, new or seasoned at […]
Setup for a Show-up (Lesson 9 of I Am…So You Don’t Have to Be)
I’m enjoying Wednesdays so much. We operate on a 4-day school week, so the day of mid-week downtime is a true joy. I know these times are ending as the oldest takes on more and more academic responsibilities, but I’ll continue to enjoy these while they last. After reading lesson 8, I chose to move […]
It’s Working! It’s Working!
The kids actually turned on classical music by themselves yesterday! For my regular readers, I’ve mentioned before that we’ve had fits and starts at using music as a part of our school day. However, I am learning a lesson about how to relax and not force learning. As embarrassing as this is to admit, at […]
Networking or Supporting?
I’ve been pondering this question after a series of less-than-positive e-mails surfaced recently in our homeschool’s group Yahoo loop. Apparently there was feedback from several people (who no longer participate in the group) that our group, now 60+ families, was unwelcoming and unsupportive to new homeschoolers. The question posed by the member who surfaced this […]
Back to Myself Again
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom (Psalms 90:12) Note to self: never write an extended entry when you’re tired. After that pity party, in which I managed to depress myself, I was able to get some sleep, feed myself scripture (like the verse above), and […]