"Do the Next Thing"

Oct. 1, 2007 - Seasons

Yes, that means fall is here, but it also means I'm on the mend regarding homeschooling. It has been quite a season of rethinking and dare I say reconsidering. Well, it was all beneficial, and I think I've landed in a better place.

Two of my friends and are are keeping each other accountable. We email each other sometime around Friday of each week with progress or not progress reports. We share curriculum reports as well as attitude reports. Our own attitudes as well as our children.

Blogs might serve that purpose, but I find with these two friends I can be the most real, and the most brief if I need to. I don't have to fill in the back story since they already know it all. We were all in my old homeschool group from years ago, so we've been there.

Practically even, without the support we have going, I've figured out a few things regarding the actual school books, and the record keeping. I've given in and stopped demanding that my non-reader type 11th grader get through this massive historical literature list in order to "pass" US History. Forget it. I bought American History on the Screen, and also Movies as Literature. Yay!

I also designed yet another logging sheet in January of last year. Tried it out on them and it seemed to work. So, this year I actually got around to making their log books up during the first week of school instead of mid-year. It wasn't before the year began, but it is progress.

So, things are looking up here!

I also love the cozy feeling of fall!

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