I've been noticing, over the course of the year, changes in attitudes. We'd hit a bad patch in December, but it has passed.
What I am noticing now is random fits of giggles from the girls, inside jokes I guess. I came home from errands last night and dd13 was playing princess bingo with dd7, following dd7's rules. The girls are coming up and randomly hugging me. Just because, no ulterior motive, or sucking up, simply to express affection. This is multiple times a day. Where before hugs were for babies, get away mom!
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
We're in grade 7!
... and mom is in a panic.
DD11 did virtual schooling through the school board this year. She finally had an open conversation about the year. She started by asking if I'd ordered her grade 7 courses yet(she's done for grade6 already). I had said I did ( but i contacted the facilitator over the weekend to cancel it if possible, it was after talking with dd). She asked if she could use a few alternate curriculum, like we did last spring when she came home(which is humorous as she claimed she hated it last year). That is fine :) So I asked her what did she want to do with the school, what with something new.
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DD11 did virtual schooling through the school board this year. She finally had an open conversation about the year. She started by asking if I'd ordered her grade 7 courses yet(she's done for grade6 already). I had said I did ( but i contacted the facilitator over the weekend to cancel it if possible, it was after talking with dd). She asked if she could use a few alternate curriculum, like we did last spring when she came home(which is humorous as she claimed she hated it last year). That is fine :) So I asked her what did she want to do with the school, what with something new.
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Monday, March 14, 2011
The best investments....
I'm sure everyone has gone and purchased something that was supposed to be a "can't live without", only to find that it really wasn't "all that".
Well, I have invested in a couple things lately, that I don't know how I managed without!
The first was purchased nearly a year ago, and we use it in someway daily.
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Well, I have invested in a couple things lately, that I don't know how I managed without!
The first was purchased nearly a year ago, and we use it in someway daily.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Record Keeping
This year has been a good year, and we're learning well, within the curriculum. The girls are progressing well. There is also learning to be done beyond that. Organization, time management, new orders of operation for the house. Those are things that are a constant learning field for myself.
This week, I tackled record keeping. For the littlest, she has sticker charts with all the lessons, so we(more for her) know how she is progressing, but I wasn't keeping track of her tests and quizzes. I have her do both, at some point she will need to write one, and SAT, college, something. So it may as well start now while it's not so crucial, in a year or two, we'll start timed tests, as ALL post-secondary are timed. I don't often grade her every day work, as we work through most of it together at this point. But she does tests, spelling, math, LA. I don't test much in other areas, as these are the 2 most important, IMO.
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This week, I tackled record keeping. For the littlest, she has sticker charts with all the lessons, so we(more for her) know how she is progressing, but I wasn't keeping track of her tests and quizzes. I have her do both, at some point she will need to write one, and SAT, college, something. So it may as well start now while it's not so crucial, in a year or two, we'll start timed tests, as ALL post-secondary are timed. I don't often grade her every day work, as we work through most of it together at this point. But she does tests, spelling, math, LA. I don't test much in other areas, as these are the 2 most important, IMO.
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
A proud moment... and what makes it all worthwhile
Ever look over at your child and see them working away, quietly, contented, maybe even humming a little tune to themselves? Then you think to yourself, what are they dreaming about what are they really doing? So you quietly sneak over to see if they are actually doing school work. As you get closer, the humming was actually soft chanting, "8+3 is 11, 9+5 is 14, 5+7 is 12....." And at that moment, you get a warm glow within, knowing for sure that this was the best thing for her.
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Monday, March 7, 2011
All-Week Schooling?
We have fallen a little behind in a few subjects for our youngest. Initially it was because mom got very sick, where we did only the very minimum. Then it was hard to get back into routine. Despite all that, we *should* fine in terms of completing what we need for meeting the 'grade level' in most areas. But some areas we still haven't caught up. Some of these areas are dull and boring, but due to requirements must be done. And some are just behind because they are time consuming to set up.
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
What on earth are our schools doing?(our 1 year update...well almost 1 year)
Yesterday, one of dd7 little friends came over. Her mom said she was bringing some homework, andasked if I could I maybe see if I could help her a little, as she wasn't getting it. Ok, fine. I'm no guru, I've only been homeschooling a year, but maybe I'd have an explanation that clicked, so I said yes.
I'm in such shock! Her mom has been saying how well the child has been doing, that the school has her up to 'grade level'.
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I'm in such shock! Her mom has been saying how well the child has been doing, that the school has her up to 'grade level'.
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