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Year 4.5
Published on 2011-11-10 19:02:00
We made some drastic changes since September both to our content and to our schedule. We are actually spending more time with schoolwork but enjoying our day much more. Sometime in the afternoon, it stops being schoolwork, and it becomes fun stuff that we do as a family. We do our skill subjects separately and in the morning. This allows me the time to work with each child individually without feeling rushed. We have plenty of time for discussions, and I am able to add in a little extra to their
We gotta do school today?
Published on 2011-09-17 19:10:00
That whiny voice isn't the children. It is me. I'm burned out!I took most of the summer off by default; so, that isn't the problem.I went to my local homeschooling conference, and I got refreshed and excited about this year; so, that isn't the problem.My curriculum choices are working well for my kids; so, that isn't the problem.So what is the problem?It has been a really, really long time since I been in this state of burn out. In fact it has been a decade (!) since I've experienced this level
The disappearing classroom....
Published on 2011-08-16 20:14:00
This summer we relocated our classroom from an upstairs spare room back down to the dining room. For years and years, we had school in the dining room and I used to say that our home was decorated in "Early American Homeschool". We were used to the homeschool clutter......bookshelves with crates and papers, stacks of books on the dining room table, maps and posters on the wall. No more! I really liked having my dining room look like a dining room, and I have no real desire to return to "Early
