Nov. 9, 2006 - Building update
Well, apparently I'm not doing a great job of doing a regular blogging. I pretty much just completely forget, so I'll have to see if I can make it a habit.
I've been swamped lately trying to get our homeschool building going! I thought we had a place last time I wrote, but it didn't work out. Then we found a perfect building and the rent was great. We were the first ones to look at it, and we told the landlord we wanted it, but we had to check with the city first to make sure zoning was OK. We found out it was fine with the city. A week passed and we weren't able to get in touch with the landlord. Finally I was able to get her on the phone. She'd been sick, but apparently, she showed the place to someone else who handed her the deposit on the spot and she didn't even bother to tell us first.
I just figure God has something even better in mind for this endeavor! We started our homeschool academy anyway in people's houses. We do co-operative classes where the parents teach and get credit to take other people's classes. And if parents don't want to teach, they just pay tuition. So far it's worked out really way, even if I do stupid stuff like post the wrong address...! The older kids (10 & 12) are taking ballroom dance, karate, theater, speech, creative writing and ceramics. They LOVE it. My little ones (3 & 5) are taking math games and a crafts class. The baby (1) just walks around getting into trouble.
My 12 year old son was talking to some publicly-schooled friends the other day. They were all complaining about how much they hated school. He came home and told me about it. He said, "Mom, I told them I LOVED school, and they were all jealous!" He's writing his second novel, working on scouting merit badges, starting up 3-4 businesses, breeding guppies, working his way through "Real World Algebra", creating a website, making a budget, reading classic books and more. He's doing these things because he chose them and he enjoys them.
My 10 year old daughter is teaching herself cursive, reading classic books, and trying to finish up her math book. She is also working on publishing a magazine for kids. She creates new recipes all the time and sometimes even cooks up dinner from scratch all by herself. She also spends a lot of time in gymnastics, she's been competiting in level 5 this fall and has done really well. She even got 9.45 on the floor routine.
My 5 year old son is learning to do his chores quickly in the morning, including feeding his fish even when he doesn't feel like it. He loves to have books read to him, but mostly he loves to play with friends.
My 3 year old daughter is the sweetest little gal, and loves to play dolls, polly pockets and read books.
My 1 year old daughter is a sweetheart too, but she's also a trouble maker. She aims for the toilet every chance she gets!
