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Dec. 28, 2009
New Entry Coming Soon!
Posted By Emma
I know it's been a while since my last entry, but I promise: a new one is on the way! With the Christmas holidays, I simply haven't had the time but now that things have calmed down a bit I'm sure that I'll be able to get a new entry posted this week.
You may have noticed that I have posted a video in my sidebar. This video is of my favourite face in Canadian political satyre, Rick Mercer. Good old Rick is 'conversing' with various members of the Canadian Parliament in this video, including Jack Layton (NDP leader) and Jim Flaherty (Finance Minister and the MP of a town near us- I saw him at the Santa Claus parade and I nearly flew off my chair and ripped his head off...lol). The final person you see, is, in fact our current Prime Minister, Stephan Harper.
So do not worry: a new post is coming soon! Rmember to PM me with any questions- I'd love to year from you!
Emma |
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Dec. 28, 2009
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Twas the day after Christmas
Okay, Christmas was great, but the day after Christmas was better! Here is what me day was like:
4:00 am: I awake to the sound of my alarm clock and a battle. My older brothers are still up, watching Lord of the Rings.
4:30 I go back to bed after making some Sourdough bread dough, leaving it to rise.
5:30 I get up and check on the dough. My brother's are still up. I go back to bed.
6:00 I get up. I am now the only person awake in the house.
6:30 I go back to bed after forming the bread into a loaf and leaving it to rise.
9:30 I wake up to my dad's voice telling me to put the bread in the oven.
10:00 The bread is done and my family sits down to breakfast.
10:45 -11:30 I hang out with my family, playing games, reading, playing with toys.
11:30 am-1:30 pm I read Persuasion and work on finishing my sister's gift
1:30-3:00 I play Apple's to Apple's with my family
3:00 My family eats lunch, leftover turkey and mashed potatoes.
3:45-7:30 I hang out with my family, playing games, reading, playing with toys.
7:00 My sister goes off to hang out with her friends, my brother goes off to work.
7:30 I say goodbye to my brother who is going back to college. (whaa) I am left home with my 2 younger brothers and my 17 year old sister.
7:30-10:00 We decide to watch a movie, choose Beauty and the Beast, and watch it.
10:00-10:30 I get ready for bed.
10:40 My sister get's home and I go to bed.
That may sound pretty boring, basically just sitting home all day, but it was so wonderful. Spending time with my family is great and we rarely get to just sit at home and relax. It was a day of love, joy, and peace. Glory to God that there are no laws against those things. God is good! |
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Dec. 28, 2009
Classical Education ~ New Year Thoughts
Posted By HomeschoolBlogger Company Blog in classical
| Happy New Year's everyone! I hope your holidays were infused with memories. There is always a sigh of relief that comes after Christmas Day as you realize that the hustle and bustle is over for another year.
Now it is time to think about the beginning of a new year. I always feel that New Year's is similar to the first day of the school year. There is a sense of anticipation of the plans you have for the New Year as well as their being a sense of newness. You can let go of any negativity that happened during the last few months and start all over again in January. You can start with a fresh slate.
The New Year is a time to take stock of all that has happened in the first part of the school year. Are you happy with the results? If you are not happy with how the last few months have played out then take time to think long and hard as to why, exactly, things are not working.
Is the problem with your curriculum? Is it too workbook-y for your child? Is it too teacher-intensive for you? Does it meet your child's learning style, as well as your teaching style?
Is the problem with your schedule? Is it too rigid, too time-intensive? Or is it too relaxed to the point that you aren't getting anything done? Maybe a rhythm-type schedule would work better for you. Many homeschoolers start their learning time first thing in the morning. Maybe that doesn't work for you. Maybe starting later in the day, even in the afternoon would work better for your family. After starting school in the morning for 5 years, our family has started our learning time after lunch and that has worked so much better for us
The problem might just be with your philosophy. It just might be that the way you are educating your child resonates with you but not so much with your children. I found myself in that situation. A Classical Education resonates so strongly with me. I know that if I could be educated over again, I would love to be educated in this manner but it doesn't work for all of my children. So I have spent this last year trying to think if it is possible to achieve a happy medium. So far, it isn't working very well, but I am not giving up.
I want to encourage you if you are having difficulties in your learning time, to take the next few days and think deeply as to what exactly is the problem. Then slowly try to come up with some solutions. These ideas might not work, so be ready to go back to the drawing board and fool around with more ideas. It is very much a trial and error process but once you hit pay dirt, it is so rewarding for both yourself and your children.
Julia lives on the Canadian Prairies with her husband, homeschooling their 3 children (10,8,6) and is attempting to give them a Classical Education. You can read more at her blog. |
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Dec. 27, 2009
I REEEEALLLLY need to know what iced unsweet Starbucks green tea tastes like.
Posted By Hailey
Violas are cool cos they go reeeaaal low..... like this....... I got a SOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG! Just like that. It's kewl. Meet Sheriff Andy Taylee. It's Taylee, but she has an awesomeness nickname!!
Hilo all the peoples here, it's Taylee. ... I have to go to the dentists tomorrow. I don't like how they talk to you when you're mouth has cotton balls stuffed in it. And I'm afraid that my dentist will tell me that something horrible happened to my teeth (Hailey invasion: the cotton balls taste UGLY. Not like normal cotton balls, they don't taste ugly, they taste soft, but the dentist ones taste ugly. *Philadelphia Story* Goooooood night!) |
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Dec. 27, 2009
I Love Lucy Episode #1: The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub
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Bonanza Episode #1: A Rose for Lotta
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