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Country Homeschool in the City
Mar. 23, 2009
Actually Sad It'll End
Believe it or not, I've been thinking how sad it'll be when the kids are grown and the homeschooling is done . . . this said with DS being almost 12 and DD 6 1/2. But I just see how they are maturing and I know my days are numbered. This also said by the woman who never wanted or intended to homeschool at all!
We have decided to hold DS back a bit and call next year 8/9, for all it's worth, instead of straight grade 9. This is because it all changes for grade 10 with funding and so on so it gives us a bit more time - while his peers are in grade 7. Seven!? How could that have happened! We left school after grade 2 and I know I was really old by grade 7 - his peers are still just wee, I know it!
DD will start grade 2 in the fall. With her I'm struggling with the repetition monster. She hates it like her brother did too. I've ordered Saxon 2 math for the rest of this year but it's hard when they balk at repetition. Just do it! For all the time we had to repeat things - sometimes it is worth it and helps cement things in your mind. Anyway, if that's my biggest gripe, I suppose we are doing okay.
Spring break is over and today we had our 4-H Agriculture Awareness Project meeting. We have 3 homeschooled kids doing that project so we can meet during the day. We are looking at where our food comes from, starting with the meat group. Each member had to research 2 meat items and I made worksheets for them to see if it's produced locally, how it is produced, what's required, what jobs are created, alternative uses for the animal etc. We also visited 2 bison on a dairy farm and ended the day with a bison burger lunch. A little macabre but the kids are adjusting quite well to DH and my tell it as it is lifestyle - and our fellow 4-H leader is just the same so there's no escaping the truth ; ) It's been really fun to watch the moms also figure out where the food comes from too!
And on that note, while I don't want to go too overboard about food, I have decided to give myself a goal for my usually poorly maintained garden . . . previous years I plant w/o a strategy and hope for the best (including hoping I'll enjoy the outdoors and actually weed and water the garden!). This year, while reflecting on eating locally and this sad little garden, the Farmers Market and 4-H, I thought about how 4-H members have to do record books and part is to write what they want to do with their project, what they want to achieve by the end. Aha! I decided that my goal is first and foremost to provide my family with healthy food that we grow ourselves. 2nd, I'd love it if I could provide our family with carrots and potatoes to at least January. This'll require some studying on preserving the harvest as well.
On that note, disregard the leggy veggies that are in a little greenhouse in my kitchen - who knew we'd have negative temperatures and severe weather mid-March? DH set up a grow light for them but, well, they are kinda anemic looking. Oh well, Spring is just around the corner - I know it!
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