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Homeschool Word of the Day: Flexibility

To be flexible adaptable, bendable, versatile, and yeilding. In homeschooling, flexibility is being able to loosen yourself from the confines of what is traditionally school and doing things to your own lifestyle and schedule. So often, new homeschoolers find themselves confined to doing things in the same way that they would have if they were in a school. In addition, most homeschoolers, old and new alike still hold a schedule that exactly mirrors that of a public school. In doing it they impose a certain rigidity upon their schedule and often suck the fun out of their own lives. It … Continue reading →

Sunday Evening Review: December 24th

Merry Christmas to you all! I’m sure with the busy holiday schedule, you missed some blogs this week–I certainly did. So now we have our week in review and you can catch up on what you’ve missed. Are You Taking a Holiday Break? Except for of course Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we aren’t and neither is Andrea’s family. Something that I see as a real benefit of homeschooling is that we are offered unlimited flexibility. On that same note, Andrea shares with us Homeschooling and the Freedom to Live. Did you know that there are Schools for Your Homeschoolers? … Continue reading →

Smacked Upside the Head

Have you ever had something happen to you that was so … mindblowing, it rocked your whole world? I bet you have – no one is immune. Mine came this summer, and the aftershock hit me just the other day. We’ve been having a lot of health problems, and this last summer we found a holistic doctor who understands just what’s going on with us. (This is awesome – we’ve been looking for years with no luck.) As we’ve undergone treatment, he has discovered that my children’s ability to process information in their brains is diminished, due to a whole … Continue reading →

Smacked Upside the Head

Have you ever had something happen to you that was so … mindblowing, it rocked your whole world? I bet you have – no one is immune. Mine came this summer, and the aftershock hit me just the other day. We’ve been having a lot of health problems, and this last summer we found a holistic doctor who understands just what’s going on with us. (This is awesome – we’ve been looking for years with no luck.) As we’ve undergone treatment, he has discovered that my children’s ability to process information in their brains is diminished, due to a whole … Continue reading →

Ease of Scheduling

As an LDS family, we’ve chosen to enroll our daughter in a church-sponsored religion class taught at our local junior high. This class is called seminary, and it’s like attending church, but it goes deeper into discussing religious topics. She’s having a wonderful time, but we did get off to a rough start. First of all, she’s scheduled to attend on an A day. They gave me a chart which shows me which days are A days and which days are B days. Pretty much it’s every other day, but if there’s a holiday, it gets messed up, so we … Continue reading →

Helping Your Child Climb to Success

When a child struggles with a subject it is hard on both the child and the mom. It is hard to see your child try so hard to succeed and still have difficulty or continue to experience failure. The child begins to feel badly about herself and soon other subjects will suffer as she loses confidence. A homeschooling mom also feels like she is failing since she is the one in charge of her child’s education. The double role of mom and teacher during a time like gets confused and the mom part feels the pain while the teacher part … Continue reading →

Health at School: Dreading Gym Class

Call it gym class or P.E. or phys ed — the words usually bring up a lot of memories for adults. You may recall moments of triumph or moments of embarrassment or moments of pain. Physical education is often an unpleasant part of the school day — especially for kids who aren’t athletic. So how do you help your kids get through the physical side of education? Remember that the most important part of gym class is the physical part — an opportunity to get up and get moving on a regular basis. Helping kids find the sports they love … Continue reading →

Teaching various ages: the challenge

My oldest daughter is newly teen-aged. My middle daughter is ten, and my youngest is four. This can make for an interesting day. Yesterday, while Teen Daughter was struggling to make sense of something about percentages (and struggling loudly, so as to include all of us in her woes), and as Middle Daughter was explaining (to herself, out loud) that there should be four factors for this particular product, rather than three, Youngest Daughter had a question: “Mommy, can I get into the craft cupboard and get the glitter and the glue and make something fabulous?” And here you have … Continue reading →