A glimpse into the life and home of a homeschool family!
Well it is another Monday Morning. I am counting the days until I have another day off. 1....2....3. Awww yes. That blessed Thursday off.
Yesterday I finished organizing the kids school curriculum in the desk file drawer. I got their bulletin board fixed pretty much the way I want it for now. It is their book report board. It has lists of books for them to choose from and their book report criteria and the prizes they can redeem their points for. I got a movie in their prize box, two notebooks, modeling clay, a pom pom craft and some really rad highlighter pins. I will add to the box as needed. I thought about putting candy in there, but knew I would be too tempted.
I don't know if my kids are getting too old for a prize box. I guess we will see. I just want to give them some extra incentive to read books that are "classics". We had to cross a few off of the list a little bit too much for anyone to read, let alone young beautiful minds.
I got up at 6 am yesterday and except for the laundry-and the bathrooms- I had the house clean before we went to church. Yahoo! I had to reclaim my dining room. It had been turned into a small factory for arrow shaft making. The boys had cut, sanded and straightened their arrows for at least a month in the dining room. I had to take it back. I couldn't look at it any longer. The interest had dropped off with making the arrows and all that was left was the mess.
Smiles, blessings and prayers as we all head into another week of the most wonderful experiences with our children!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
An idea of what a homeschool mother's day is like!
Today as usual there is much to do.
I have a little bit of a banking mess that I need to clean up. I didn't mean to, but I over drew one of our accounts. And I gave our boys permission to buy something on Amazon.com that over drew my husbands account. Of coarse the letters came in the mail 10 days later. So today that is the first order of business...get money in those accounts.
So it's Budget first X
Cleaning up accounts X
Call Shari's in Yakima since it is there that I overdrew the account X
Call my Daughter Bethany X
Let my husband know how much to write the check for and deposit it into his account X
Grade my daughters book report
Do five loads of Laundry XXXX
Clean the storage part of our basement / (that stands for half of an X)
Get the air conditioner dusted and put back in the box for winter X
Call newspaper for moving sale advert.
clean the rugs spots by the front door. X
Clean the kitchen Xand the frig- get the milk glass off of the top shelves, wash top of cabinets and pack glassware
walk to MCDonalds with my daughter so she can redeem her free breakfast sandwich coupon X
While there go to safeway to get eggs so I can bake a bit today. X Banana bread and ......
Ironing / got a few pieces done
Clean out our closet and clothes dresser
Work on homework with Carolyn X We actually had a no school day. Boys worked on landscaping a friends yard and putting up a retaining wall. And Carolyn and I priced things for a garage sale.
Apply for a part time job
Bible and Prayers I am terribly ashamed to say that I didn't read my bible- I prayed tons though.
Watch a Mary Kay Video
Have my boys go through their clothes
Pack up our books / got some of this done.
(I am praying that I make it through this!)
It also looks like I might need a nap. xxxxx took a great little nap.
This was a blog from several months ago before our move. The xxx's stand for things I actually got done that day. There is always so much to do.
I have a little bit of a banking mess that I need to clean up. I didn't mean to, but I over drew one of our accounts. And I gave our boys permission to buy something on Amazon.com that over drew my husbands account. Of coarse the letters came in the mail 10 days later. So today that is the first order of business...get money in those accounts.
So it's Budget first X
Cleaning up accounts X
Call Shari's in Yakima since it is there that I overdrew the account X
Call my Daughter Bethany X
Let my husband know how much to write the check for and deposit it into his account X
Grade my daughters book report
Do five loads of Laundry XXXX
Clean the storage part of our basement / (that stands for half of an X)
Get the air conditioner dusted and put back in the box for winter X
Call newspaper for moving sale advert.
clean the rugs spots by the front door. X
Clean the kitchen Xand the frig- get the milk glass off of the top shelves, wash top of cabinets and pack glassware
walk to MCDonalds with my daughter so she can redeem her free breakfast sandwich coupon X
While there go to safeway to get eggs so I can bake a bit today. X Banana bread and ......
Ironing / got a few pieces done
Clean out our closet and clothes dresser
Work on homework with Carolyn X We actually had a no school day. Boys worked on landscaping a friends yard and putting up a retaining wall. And Carolyn and I priced things for a garage sale.
Apply for a part time job
Bible and Prayers I am terribly ashamed to say that I didn't read my bible- I prayed tons though.
Watch a Mary Kay Video
Have my boys go through their clothes
Pack up our books / got some of this done.
(I am praying that I make it through this!)
It also looks like I might need a nap. xxxxx took a great little nap.
This was a blog from several months ago before our move. The xxx's stand for things I actually got done that day. There is always so much to do.
Online Math Games
Here is a link to online Math Games. I have been using this site for my youngest to play MATHO.... it is kind of like bingo and is helping her review her times tables.
She has been playing this for a half hour a day this week.
She has been playing this for a half hour a day this week.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Working and Homeschool
A few weeks ago I was sitting in church and got the question..."How can you homeschool and work!" At least it wasn't the basic one...."How will your kids learn how to be social?"
Well, the truth is that many times I wonder how I do it. Considering the alternative...sending my children to public school, I have to put my doubts behind me. If my children were younger I would also have more doubts. I would be lying if I didn't tell you that it wasn't difficult. It is hard.
Add to the fact that my energy level is so low that I have to take a nap most every day and I really feel guilty some days. (LUPUS is a nasty little disease) Ok almost every moment that I am not with them I feel guilty.
But they are great kids. I watch them at church and they are all interacting with kids and adults and the adults gather in circles around my kids to talk to them. They have preached sermons, pray in church, do projects to help the community. Write wonderful stories, tell great jokes, read non stop, jog, play frisbie, watch clean movies, are offended by obscene things. They all love God...to me that is the most important thing of all.
Ok, I will lay my worries aside and continue to do the best we can!
Well, the truth is that many times I wonder how I do it. Considering the alternative...sending my children to public school, I have to put my doubts behind me. If my children were younger I would also have more doubts. I would be lying if I didn't tell you that it wasn't difficult. It is hard.
Add to the fact that my energy level is so low that I have to take a nap most every day and I really feel guilty some days. (LUPUS is a nasty little disease) Ok almost every moment that I am not with them I feel guilty.
But they are great kids. I watch them at church and they are all interacting with kids and adults and the adults gather in circles around my kids to talk to them. They have preached sermons, pray in church, do projects to help the community. Write wonderful stories, tell great jokes, read non stop, jog, play frisbie, watch clean movies, are offended by obscene things. They all love God...to me that is the most important thing of all.
Ok, I will lay my worries aside and continue to do the best we can!
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Homeschool September 2005
This is one of my first homeschool blogs. Posted in September of 2005
It is very frosty this morning. Our garden wilted pretty badly a few days ago. I hate to see the end of the growing season! But fall is by far my favorite season.
This year we planted, zucchini, radishes, snow peas, green beans, tomatoes, onions (my sons dug them up on accident) beats, carrots, spinach, acorn squash, and beautiful sunflowers. I did a bit of freezing. I didn't come across a canner until a few weeks ago. But the one I got was a beauty. It even has a rack in it. I don't think I have ever had the privilege of canning with a canner that had a rack. I canned some zucchini relish, but I didn't need to use the canner for that. I think that next year I am going to can a lot. I grew cilantro too and was going to can salsa, but we didn't have a great tomato-growing season in Washington.
This week I plan on being a better mom. I really want to focus all of my attention on my kids. I didn't realize it until my two older children went to school, but they were really over shadowing the younger two. So now as far as home school goes I have a lot of catching up to do with the younger. I am sure someone might say, well...you did work out of the home, and while that is true the overshadowing thing is true too.
My oldest two were home schooled up until this year. My son is 15 1/2 and my daughter is almost 17. WTMW-welcome to my world! They were going to take two classes a piece at the high school. But the transportation issue kind of fell apart.
So we decided that we would try school for a half of a year. If they were doing well, it would determine what we did the next semester.
We go to a very small church not too far from our home. We used to go to one an hour away that had over 400 members. Our hearts were with our little community though, and we wanted to serve the members of our church down here. There are three young families that go to our church. There are no other teens besides our teens. We are praying that the Lord will bring us more families. We have started a teen class; so far we have 3 wonderful kids. All mine! We have two other teen boys that come to worship. They have to come with whoever brings them. We pray for them only their great grandparents are believers.
Our children are praying that they can meet and invite their friends to church. We live in the country, so meeting and making friends is hard, unless you go to where they are.
Prayer-
For our new youth group
For my husbands efforts with work to be blessed
For me to have more faith
For me to be a better home schooling mother.
It is very frosty this morning. Our garden wilted pretty badly a few days ago. I hate to see the end of the growing season! But fall is by far my favorite season.
This year we planted, zucchini, radishes, snow peas, green beans, tomatoes, onions (my sons dug them up on accident) beats, carrots, spinach, acorn squash, and beautiful sunflowers. I did a bit of freezing. I didn't come across a canner until a few weeks ago. But the one I got was a beauty. It even has a rack in it. I don't think I have ever had the privilege of canning with a canner that had a rack. I canned some zucchini relish, but I didn't need to use the canner for that. I think that next year I am going to can a lot. I grew cilantro too and was going to can salsa, but we didn't have a great tomato-growing season in Washington.
This week I plan on being a better mom. I really want to focus all of my attention on my kids. I didn't realize it until my two older children went to school, but they were really over shadowing the younger two. So now as far as home school goes I have a lot of catching up to do with the younger. I am sure someone might say, well...you did work out of the home, and while that is true the overshadowing thing is true too.
My oldest two were home schooled up until this year. My son is 15 1/2 and my daughter is almost 17. WTMW-welcome to my world! They were going to take two classes a piece at the high school. But the transportation issue kind of fell apart.
So we decided that we would try school for a half of a year. If they were doing well, it would determine what we did the next semester.
We go to a very small church not too far from our home. We used to go to one an hour away that had over 400 members. Our hearts were with our little community though, and we wanted to serve the members of our church down here. There are three young families that go to our church. There are no other teens besides our teens. We are praying that the Lord will bring us more families. We have started a teen class; so far we have 3 wonderful kids. All mine! We have two other teen boys that come to worship. They have to come with whoever brings them. We pray for them only their great grandparents are believers.
Our children are praying that they can meet and invite their friends to church. We live in the country, so meeting and making friends is hard, unless you go to where they are.
Prayer-
For our new youth group
For my husbands efforts with work to be blessed
For me to have more faith
For me to be a better home schooling mother.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Cool Math Site for Homeschooled Kids
When my kids were growing up and learning their times tables we were always making flash cards out of 3X5 cards. It was cheap I admit. But here is a cool website that has the flash cards that you can print out. Of coarse it has lots of other games too!
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