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Jan. 2, 2007
First Day Back and no Casualties!
We all survived our first day back to "school" post-Christmas break!
Yesterday, I planned on spending the day getting "organized"...on paper anyway...mapping out a rough lesson plan, a menu for the week, etc. etc...all related to the New Year's sentiment of pulling one's life together.
Anyway...mid-morning I decided that organization was for "LOSERS" and I was gonna spend the day playing poker with my family (no money...just chips...I'm REALLY BAD at it), eating popcorn and shirking reality.
And it was a lovely New Year's Day. By evening, I was bit panicked with the "what'll we do tomorrow?" feeling...not wanting to plop my kids in front of Veggietales for the day because I couldn't get it together to pick out a couple activities, a book or two and a general "goal".
Nonetheless...miraculously, it all came together within an hour or two after the kids were in bed. My husband, who had been out hunting for the day, shot an elk and was dealing with that which left me with complete silence and solitude! Normally, I would be anxious about him being out in the dark and the woods and my being home all by my little lonely adult self. But it proved to be the perfect opportunity to do all the planning I had been putting off that week.
So...even though I had the added reponsibility of watching my sweet little 10 month old niece today, we managed to carve out time for reading, vocab, lively discussion, math, phonics and to start a new page in my daughter's nature journal.
I EVEN had leisure to do some of my own reading "homework" for a homeschooling course I am taking through Homeschool Oasis. A fellow veteran homeschooler and friend, Barb Shelton has designed a wonderful course called "A Season of Re-Education and Renewing of the Mind".
Although I am "legally qualified" to homeschool in Washington state, I found myself struggling with my own education in the light of what we try to do at home. In the midst of my floundering, God lead me to this course, which has really been helping our homeschool as well as my own spiritual growth. On top of which, the course has a GREAT reading list. Now to find time to DO all that reading! |
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Jan. 3, 2007 - Untitled Comment
That's cool about your husbands elk. Free meat! (well, minus the ammo, tags and license fee!)
I'm right where you are starting today as well. The long break was a killer on my organization.