Homeschooling Lifestyle - Homeschool Blogger

Books and More Books!

Thu, 2 Mar 2006 23:25:00 -0600

This entry keeps disappearing on me. Oh well. I wanted to post something. I've had a good day, and it's been a day of adding new books to my home library. Can any homeschooling family have too many books? I love being able to sit down and go through some of my new additions. Today, I found a lovely book on Impressionism, and a book on Chinese cooking. I'm looking forward to spending time in both of them. I also ordered a book from Book Swappers. It will be another craft book to add to my interesting collection.

Off to College!?!

Sun, 27 Nov 2005 11:15:00 -0600

My youngest spent the last few days visiting the college he has decided he would like to attend. He came back motivated to get busy doing all the necessary preparations to go.
He hasn't made it home yet, so I will soon find out what those things are. I like to see ambition, self-motivation and a real desire to accomplish something in my children. My oldest is nearing the end of his college days, well, at least the end of a bachelor's degree. He too was self-motivated and ambitious, even more than my youngest, but hopefully it's contagious!! They both are moving in the right direction.

Homeschooling and Spaghetti

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:10:00 -0600

I think I've managed to learn to navigate this site a little, but it's still a bit confusing to me. Oh, well. I'm sure eventually I'll get the hang of it!

My youngest, now 18, made a wonderful batch of spaghetti for dinner this evening. I feel homeschooling was very important to my children, as all of them were able to pursue their interests and had the energy and time to do so. For my oldest, it was learning to play guitar. All 3 of my children were in public school at one point in their lives, but my oldest came home so tired from school that he didn't have the energy to pursue many personal interests. I know homeschooling isn't right for everyone, but I know it was for us.

I love being able to see a young one's curiosity blossom and grow and develop into a lifelong interest. I just hope none of my children become like their mother and have too many interests!!
My son's spaghetti turned out so wonderfully, and he just grabbed a little of this and a bit of that to put it together. He knows what he likes and what tastes good, and he instinctively
created a wonderful meal. I'm so glad he chose such an important interest, one that he can share with his whole family.

Hi! I just signed up today!

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:53:00 -0600

This is totally new to me, blogging I mean. I've heard of it, but never actually checked it out myself. I'm really excited to find this web site, especially since it's in one of my favorite areas, homeschooling. Schooling has become such an important part of our lives, I find myself always in the mind set to help encourage my little neighbor children to learn about something, which was really easy over the summer with our garden growing and all the little creepy crawlies around. Children have such natural curiosities, and I really miss those days with young ones around. They seem to grow up waaay too fast!! I guess I should mention that our family is a homeschooling family, but we've moved past the days of looking for bugs and learning to read. My guys are all young adults now.