My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
I sent in my ed plan this morning to the superintendent’s assistant’s office, but the real reason I know I’m starting a new chapter for summer is that I cut my hair. No one will notice because it still hits Continue reading Freshman year – only ONE student, sorta.
Annie at Learning As We Go has written several super helpful posts. I’ve been forwarding them on Facebook, and folks with grown kids have mentioned how helpful they are, in addition to homeschooling, she’s a physician, married to anther physician. Continue reading Links for families suddenly homeschooling due to Corona Virus
I was beginning to organize the kids’ next year’s homeschool last week. The list I make for the superintendent helped my by bringing all the annual goals into one place, even with my wiggle language (hey, I might just change Continue reading Oh, wait, that’s a mixture problem
I re-read the website I set up a year or so ago to remember what I’ve said about the testing coop, looked through the g-mail account (sorry researcher, I didn’t read your note from last September until today, and we Continue reading Starting up the Testing Coop
This weekend Dan had a headache/fever that was bad enough he just went back to bed, skipped evening church and a pot luck supper. Since it was a busy church weekend following a busy social one (and I am behind Continue reading To Do List for Monday after a weekend of Missions conference at church
I’m holding off on writing a “What didn’t work in 2016” post because I’m already feeling gloomy, I’m still digging out of flu chores, and I keep remembering things I could have added to the what did work post, which Continue reading Getting Organized for January
I wish I’d signed M and K up for camp, so I could write these homeschool plans without worrying that I’m neglecting the kids while I do it. (K watched a movie and played Minecraft this morning- not exactly the Continue reading Send them all to camp?
Ben had declared that the only speech he wanted at his graduation was grace for the food. But a diploma was important to Dan, so we ordered one. Despite having played in the band for the last 5 graduations at Continue reading Graduation Photos and the lists I used for college applications
All 5 college applications are in. We should start hearing back from them in 3-5 weeks. Even though all the colleges Ben was applying to said they’d take the Common App’s Homeschool supplement, it was not after all a waste Continue reading What do I want to remember for the next kid’s college applications?
I re-wrote my massive annual paperwork list in different colors with action statements beginning with verbs instead of the interlocking issues I was afraid I’d forget. Teasing out the interlocking-ness took some time, and there are now crossed off lines Continue reading They also serve who only fill out papers
When both Annie and Elisabeth posted inspiring What Worked in 2014 posts, I wanted to write one too. And I just barely managed to do it before February! No, the photos don’t match anything. But hey, I got photos up, Continue reading What worked in 2014
My Friend Annie has started a linkup of Invisible Victories posts. Talk about encouraging – what has been working lately? The shy happy things? I don’t have photos to go with the victories, so I’m just putting in photos that Continue reading Invisible Victories