Passport Academy Preschool

May. 1, 2008

Co-ops on my mind...

Nature studies have been on my mind lately and I came across a few other books that really inspired me to create some co-ops this coming school year:

          * The young naturalist's guide to Florida by Peggy Sias and Wendy A. Hale
          * Florida's Seashells: A beachcombers guideb Blair and Dawn Witherington
          * The complete Collector's guide to Shells & Shelling by Sandra Romanshko

I was so inspired by the first two books that I even wrote reviews for them on Amazon

In the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit there is something wrong with me getting excited about what I will do NEXT school year, when I am so "behind' this school year. I say "behind" because I have preschoolers so really, am I behind when they learn every day? But I'm behind in my anal planning mind and so I find this cartoon by Todd Wilson a very fitting illustration of our current school year.

While this cartoon is a very fitting illustration of my personality and life with 4 under 5!

How can Todd make the funniest and most true cartoons about ME? Does his wife find him this funny?
Or does she want to hit him in the head sometimes and scream, "I'm glad YOU think it's funny!"? Either way, I'm so grateful for his cartoons because, frankly I need a laugh. Color coded calendars, pads of "to do lists" and stop watches can cause you to take life a little too seriously. Four children under 5 and sleep deprivation from a newborn in the house can cause you to rip all of your hair out. I need to laugh. Especially since my boys told me that I'm "sorta boring" while DADDY of course is lots of fun because he lets them watch (non-educational) TV all day and "spoils" them.

That's okay, I see their faces when we are "doing homeschool" and I know they all truly have a love of learning, and for that I feel blessed.

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