North Laurel Home School

Should it be Homeschool or Life in General??

I was sitting here, looking at so many sites on line and it dawned on me that I had not posted in my blog in...well, days. So when I thought of something to actually write, of course, I come to the conundrum of what category to put it in. Seeing that learning takes place at all times I figured that it should go under Life in General. But then I realized that one of the things I was going to post about is a Language Arts deal, so it should go under Homeschool. Well, I suppose Life in General won out cause thats where it is!

Life has certainly been taking us places. Well, not literally 'places' as in travelling but it seems that something has been going on for, hmm, the last month I suppose.

Dd started ballet class and soon will be playing trumpet. Ds is in the church choir and will be learning to play the guitar. Dd also (in September) joined a local church youth group and has been busy with that at least once a week. I was hoping to get ds in Cub Scouts again but he really does not seem to want to participate in it. Besides, it would cut into our Wednesday services at church and I really don't want to do that.

We have been chugging along with school; doing it each day. However, it seems that we have burned out... We do not have a routine any longer. It gets done but without the enthusiasm that we began with. I have heard that is normal and I don't really feel ashamed or really bad about it. But, I would really like to get back into our routine, just to feel a sense of normalcy that the habit had given me. To encourage us, and also to motivate as well, dh has asked to see the kids' best work and to hear what they have learned throughout the week. This will be a once to twice weekly time where they will spend one-on-one time together. It will be interesting to see what each child picks as their 'best' and why. There will be no negativity; no 'you didn't finish that' or 'I don't see how that looks like a duck'. There will be encouraging words; 'I really liked how you illustrated the life cycle of a robin' or 'can you tell me what this picture is, it is very colorful'. My kids are older (10 and 13) but honestly, this will something entirely new for them! As far as dh was concerned, school was at school. Now that it is at home, he wants to have a bigger part in it.

I think that we are all looking forward to it. Ds has told me of various things he wants to show his dad. Dd is more quiet about it but she will feel a sense of pride to have him approve of her work as well.

Okay, the thing that I really am excited to write about is .... NaNoWriMo! Have you heard of it?? I hadn't until Hiddendoors (from over at the Journey -it is the 5th post down) talked about writing a novel in the month of November. Oh, wow, a novel in a month! That is crazy! But it sounds so awesome! So I went searching for more information. I told dd about it and being a natural writing fool, she was like, 'Sign me up!' At first we only thought it was for 13 years and up...but not so! There is a Young Writers Program for under 17 years of age. Ds was ecstatic! Oh, before I forget and you have to go looking for yourself, here is where you find NaNoWriMo.

Dd thought about it and decided that 50,000 words was a bit much for her to take on so she also will be doing theYoung Writers Program. It officially starts at midnight, local time, in all time zones. So, as I write this I believe the East Coast is on their way. I personally am taking a class for college and it has been taking a bit of my time lately; it finishes in early December. I don't think that I will be able to complete a 50,000 word novel in November but, I am going to give it my best!

Back to the trumpet and guitar that dd and ds are going to be playing... does any one know of an absolutely awesome program that will help them learn to play? I played trumpet in middle school but my dd already knows more than I remember! And as far as guitar goes, I would love to learn along with ds! I expect it will be a wonderful experience  

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8:11 PM, Nov. 1, 2009 .. Posted by sagerats

My two daughters are doing NaNo. It's all they've talked about for the last month or so. They've already got a great start.

As for the categories, you could have done two posts and put each one under the category it fit. ; )

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