It’s snowing! Living in the South, this is quite an event. We usually only get one or two snowfalls a year, so two “snow events” in a week is pretty amazing. Earlier I had classical music going while looking out at the snowfall. It was a very tranquil moment. While the accumulation is beautiful, there is something [...]
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Being the new year, I have been writing down short term and long term goals. One of my long term goals is to raise educated, responsible, spiritual children. Then I was challenged to get more specific. What does each of those mean? How can I tell when I get there? Here is what I came up with… [...]
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Here is our daily schedule: 8:00 am Chores completed 8:30 am Breakfast 9:00 am School Work 1:00 pm Lunch 1:30 pm Free Time 5:00 pm Afternoon chores completed 6:30 pm Dinner 7:00 pm Evening chores completed 9:00 pm Bedtime Here is what happened today: 8:00 am Both children still in bed. 8:30 am On child [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 10th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Homeschooling is different from what I envisioned when my daughter was a preschooler and I was making the agonizing choice of whether to put her in preschool or keep her at home. She was in a Mother’s Morning Out program when she was 2. I had just had my son and thought that if she [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Momentum is a wonderful thing when it comes to school work. When we have momentum, the work gets done quickly and easily. Sometimes the kids even try to get up early and do all of their work before I get up. It is awesome! But when you lose the momentum…those can be long days. We [...]
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