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We had a blast so go look at the pics. http://www.smilebox.com/playBlog/4f4441314d4459320a http://www.smilebox.com/playBlog/4f4441314d4451300a |
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As I sit here crying I can't help but ask myself that question. I am so losing my desire to homeschool my oldest. Here it is 6:09 pm and he has only done 1 subject today. Though he has managed to do a lot of other things today like watch TV, fight with his brother, play with the dog, go outside (when I wasn't looking), give me a lecture on how hard his life is and of course go to the bathroom several times.
One of the things that really bothers me is that this type of behavior is now rubbing off on my young son. Now he is goofing off way more then he use to.
What am I doing wrong? Why can't I stop this behavior? I feel like I have done everything but send him back to public school. Everyday I hear I will do better, tomorrow I will do my work without giving you a hard time and I'm so sorry mom. All of which never happens and it is getting harder to believe that he is sorry because he just keeps doing it.
My husband who has been gone all week out of town for work was home when I exploded and he said nothing at least to me. I came up stairs and he come up shortly thereafter and never said a thing. Maybe something like I said something to him or I'm sorry he upset you. Nothing! Great support I got here don't ya think?
My head hurts so much right now and I like screaming (which wouldn't help enough so I won't bother). I feel guility for yelling at him but I get to the point that nothing else helps so it just comes out. What can I do? What would you do?
Signed, Tearful |
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I just heard of this new homeschool site called www.homeschoolbuy.com. You can sell anything here books, clothes, crafts etc. I just put a hand dipped soy bear up for auction so go check it out. http://tinyurl.com/ylpnag Thanks. |
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I have a home business and I will be doing several craft shows in the next couple of months. I thought since Christmas is coming up maybe you guys might like to come to one. If you come to a show and let me know that you saw this on my hs blog I will give you a free gift for coming. Thanks in advance and I hope to see you there.
October 1- The Grove Folk Fest, 1421 Milwaukee Ave, Glenview, IL, Show hours 11am-5pm
October 7- Schaumburg High School, 1100 W. Schaumburg Rd, Schaumburg, IL, Show hours 9am-4pm
October 21- Frankin Park Woman's Club, Villa Brunetti Banquets, 9755 Grand Ave, Franklin Park, IL, (847) 455-1078, Show hours 11:30am-3pm but they also have a luncheon/fashion show which is $26 per ticket. If you are interested in attending the fashion show, please contact Judi Reiss at (847) 352-1461.
October 28- Presbyterian Church of Berwyn, 3148 S. Clinton Ave.,Berwyn, IL 60402, Show Hours: Sat 9-2
November 4- Holiday Expo, University Center of Lake County, 1200 University Center Dr., Grayslake, IL 847-665-4010, Show hours 10am-4pm
November 24, 25 and 26 Show Hours: Fri 9-9pm, Sat 9-5pm and Sun 9-4pm Wisconsin Exposition Center Wisconsin State Fair Park 8200 W Greenfield Ave Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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This is something I posted to some of my groups at the beginning of this month so I thought I would be it here as well. I'd like to know at what point enough is enough and you put your kid(s) back in ps. I mean we take them out for our own reasons and put them back for our own reasons but what do you do when you have hit a wall. My son is just not doing his work without me begging, pleading, or yelling. Even then it takes all day to do it. Today we had errands to run so he brought with him his grammar and math. We left the house a little past 9:00 am and it is now 3:54 pm and he has done 2 subjects (a total of 4 pages between the two). And after just promising me again he would do his work the way he should I just had to stop typing to go get him (he walked away from his school work and started playing with his brother). I know that if I send him back it is going to be hell dealing with what I dealt with when he was in K ps (boarded out of his mind) but I just don't know what to do with him anymore. The more the he promises me he will do the work, the more he doesn't. Please don't let this be a slam session on me cause I'm not really in the mood. I really would like to hear from anyone but maybe some one who has put their children back into school and how it went. Maybe I could hear from some of the kids that went back and how they thought it went. Even better hear from someone who went back and then came home again because they realized the grass wasn't greener or they realized that no matter where they were they had to do the work. Thanks in advance. |
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What's new in my life? Well I started a candle business about a year ago and my web site is finally done! |
It took forever to put together but I am hoping it will be worth it. Please go check it out at |
Let me say I'm sorry now for how long this might be. The more I think about these things the more complicated they get in my head and the only way to stop the madness is to ask someone else so here it goes. We follow the WTM (Well Trained Mind) and next year will technically be the first year that I am hsing 2 kids. My oldest is 9 and I have been hsing him since 1st grade while my now 5 yr old was only 1. So I really had no trouble because I was only schooling 1. Last year when my youngest was 4 I decided to send him to preschool so that the older one would have a year by himself (which didn't work out the way I thought it would). So now the time has come to school them both and I am so lost in so many ways.
Now both of my boys are what people call gifted which is making this more difficult. I have always explained to people about how WTM is being on teaching kids of different ages at the same time but I think I have talking the talk and now I'm not sure I can walk the walk :) This past year my oldest used Saxon 3, R&S 3, SWC, Sequential Spelling, SOTW 3, Living Learning Books for Chemistry, Draw Write Now and some other miscellaneous stuff.
While trying to decide what to use for this coming year I thought I would give both kids the placement test for Saxon. My oldest showed that he should be in Saxon 65 (not 54 which I planned to use) and my youngest showed he should be in Saxon 1 (not K which I planned to use). Because of this I am starting to rethink everything and I am going crazy.
My oldest should be on physics for science so I think I will teach them both that with Neo Science. As far as history my oldest should be on SOTW4 but I don't want to start my youngest there because I have heard it is very violent. I don't know what to do because my oldest is very much a "been there done that" kind of kid so I don't want to go back to SOTW1 fearing that I will get all kinds a flax from him.
I didn't hs my oldest for K so I have no idea what I should be doing with my little one. He has been reading since late age 3. He is on Step-into-Reading 3 books already so I don't know what program to use to further the reading or what to do for phonics and spelling. I don't know if I should be using K stuff or 1st grade stuff or a mix (then which subjects for which grade). :0
Well I have been babbling long enough. All in all I need help with everything. To top it off I am a perfectionist and a planner so I would like to have everything figured out so that I can get it all ready and still have some of the summer to have fun. Thanks in advance to everyone who voices their opinion. |
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Every year we go on vacation Memorial weekend. This year we decided to go to The problems didn't stop there though. After staying in the room all day Sat we decided to go out site seeing on Sun. We went to the We did a couple more things before coming home despite the fact that both my boys were so sick that we had to take them to an emergency care center in We went horseback riding, got to pet wild animals (zebras, deer, and ostrich) at the Wildlife Ranch and we went to the worlds largest water park the Schlitterbahn. We finally came home on June 4 and I am still trying to get the boys well. I took them to their own doctor yesterday and they both still have ear infections and are still on meds. I think next year we will skip the big vacation and stay in |
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This week has been crazy for us
I think that the material in the geography class is way over the K-2's heads. The woodworking is cool though. The K-2 grade class made a cross with 3 steps leading to the cross, a cd holder and a paddle boat the moves by winding a rubber band. The 3-6 made a catapolt and now are making a stool.
The week is over now and we survived
I liked the concept but getting my kids up and out the door for a whole week was stressful. My kids and I were wore out by Friday |
. I enrolled the boys in what our group calls Winterum. Winterum is a set of classes (this time 3) that are run by mostly homeschool moms. The classes are broken down by grade (nursery, preschool, K-2, 3-6 and high school). This time the classes are phonics/math, woodworking and geography. Classes are 50 mins long and start at 9 am and go unitl noon. My older son age 8 loves it but my younger son age 4 isn't so happy 
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. I think the people who plan this event did a great job and I give they allot of credit 
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I thought I would tell you guys what is new in my world. I started a home business that I think is great for hs'ers. It is a candle making business. Not just any candles, Soy Candles. The cool thing about this business is that I actually get to make the candles unlike working for places like Party Lite where you just sell what someone else makes. There are several things that I like about the company some of which include doing it at my own pace, safe for my kids to make, easy for everyone to make and safe for the environment. See most candles are made with paraffin wax which is a by-product of the petroleum refinery industry, leftover residue of refined petroleum. Soot given off from burning paraffin candles is the same as burning diesel fuel and the soot particles travel deep into the lungs. Tests show that paraffin candle can produce a variety of harmful substances, including benzene & toluene, known carcinogens. The American Lung Assoc says "Burning paraffin candles can emit small amount of toxins into the air". Not good in my eyes. Besides what paraffin is derived from it is also difficult to remove from cloth, may not burn completely and must be blended with chemicals to be able to release fragrances. Now soy wax on the other hand is derived from vegetables, burns cleaner, cleans up with soap and water, burns 25-50% longer then paraffin, burns completely, releases fragrances naturally, faster and longer and most of all supports the American farmer. I meet someone from this company at a homeschool conference in March of 2005 and got to see the candles at work. In June I decided to buy a sample kit to do with my kids and the girls I babysit for. They were so excited about making the candles and I couldn't believe how easy it was. I always wanted to make candles but didn't want the hassle or danger so I never did. After seeing how the kids could make these with almost no help I was hooked. By Aug I was what my company calls a Candle Master and I was making and selling candles. I am shooting for my first craft fair in Oct so I will let you know how it goes. Kathleen the lady that I meet at the conference homeschooled her kids and knows that it is very possible to run a business and raise and hs your children. Her and her son Chris who by the way is one of the top people in the company are even thinking of putting an Economics curriculum together for hs'ers to use well making a go of the business which I think would be so cool. So if anyone is interested and would like more info please visit my website at www.cwlight.com/prlegl and read "Candle Facts" and "Candle crafts". Then feel free to email me at ilovesoycandles@gmail.com and put in the subject line "info on business" and I will be happy to answer your questions and if I can't answer them I will call Chris and have him helps us. Well thanks for listening.
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Just thought I would make an entry. I have been trying to get all my lessons entered into my tracker program that I use (HST http://www.tghomesoft.com/). I finally got all my 2004-2005 lessons done entered, report cards/transcripts/resource list and attendance printed. Now I am starting the 2005-2006 year. It takes some time but it is truly worth it and the program is so good. The support for the program is fabulous also. Any way I have a headache from looking at the screen for such a long time. This year we will be doing Saxon 3, SOTW 3, phonics, spelling, R&S English, karate, LLB Chemistry and some other odds and ends. I hope that we have a good year because I just want to pull my hair out most of the time. This year my little one will be trying pre-school then he will be home with me for the rest of his schooling. Today I have babysitting duty. I have my 2 boys and the 2 neighbor girls. Yesterday I have my 2, the 2 girls and the neighbor boy :0 Starting shortly I will be doing my part-time job from home so I have been trying to get that all ready too. My life is so crazy right now. My boss agreed to let me work from home and bought me a fax machine and a new laptop. I will be able to go to the office anytime I want to but I won't really need too. Anyway time to make lunch for the kids. |
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Today I did a favor for my dh and it almost cost me my sanity. He is out of town and so he asked me to go and get Matt Kenseth's autograph (he is a NASCAR driver incase someone doesn't know). I went with my 2 boys and the 2 girls that I am watching this week. The girls were fine but my boys were the kids from hell Now my m-i-l had plans to take them camping tomorrow and so I called to tell her that they may not go because of the way they had been acting. Don't you know that she started defending them? "They are just kids, they are tired" is what she said. After talking to her I was sure that they were staying home. We are home now and they haven't stopped |
. When we got out of the car my oldest who is 8 had to go to the bathroom and didn't tell me. So after we got in line I noticed that I forgot the camera and went back to get it. When I came back I found out that he went to the bathroom in his pants. On top of that neither of my boys listened to a thing I said the whole time we were there.
. I just want to pull my hair out and now I have to go to work. Maybe that is a good thing 
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I just thought I would let everyone know that I have been trading postcards for about 2 years now. Allot of homeschoolers trade postcards as part of geography which is how I started. I know have more pc then I know what to do with so if you are a pc trader or would be interested in becoming one feel free to email me. If you would like to see what some of my cards look like you may go to http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/prlegl/my_photos
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This is my story. I am married going on 12 yrs in Aug, I have 2 boys ages 8 and 4. I live in I decided to check out other schools in my area to send him to and stumbled upon hs. I loved the idea and started working on a plan which included talking my dh into it (which wasn’t easy). I did my research, wrote my letters and withdrew him from school, asked for his records and started buying every book in site. I even got books (math, reading and handwriting) from his principal. By the time he was out of K, I was ready or so I thought. I let him have his deschooling time and started schooling him a few days here and there in July. I join several newsgroups for hs and meet this wonderful person. She seemed to be my twin in a lot of ways. We both had 2 kids; we liked the same things and thought the same way. Well in our many conversations she asked me what type of schooler I was and I didn’t really know. She said that I might want to try the classic hs method because that was what was working for her and we were so much alike. So I took her advice, got the WTM book then revamped my curriculum. That was the best day of my life because I love to have the organization and surety but didn’t feel like I had it with just the willy nilly curriculum I was using. Now my son is doing great. He does 3rd grade spelling, phonics and English. He reads at a high grade level and he can do almost anything I put in front of him. He is learning Spanish, Latin and Japanese. He takes karate and loves swimming and riding his bike. This coming year we will be doing SOTW3 and LLB Chemistry, Saxon 3, art history, geography and some computers. We have tried both manuscript and cursive and neither seem to be his strong suit. For art we will be studying art through history (the famous artists and their paintings with cute coloring books, postcards that we will use to make an art gallery wall in their playroom and I have tons of pictures of things he has already done. For the last year I have started to work on lessons with my 4 yr old. We do sort of a curriculum in a box. For him we work on basic math (adding, subtracting), logic stuff, matching, letter recognition and writing, among other things. Well that about sums it up in about a 1000 words or less. As for me I am 34, married and work out of the house 2 nights a week. I am a Certified Paralegal, I am a licensed Nail Technician and I recently was going back to school to get my Assoc. degree in Early Childhood Education before I started home schooling. My dh works full time for an architectural firm and travels a lot. We live with my mother-in-law in her house and she helps me out tremendously between working a full time job herself. Most if my time is spent trying to better our homeschooling which means I am on the computer a lot. If you would like to chat feel free to ask for my MSN name. |
