Buddhist Homeschooling

Nov. 2, 2006

Vote on Tuesday!

I just finished looking at the Michigan Sample Ballot off my state web page. I'm pretty well researched on all the issues and proposals. As a fairly conservative family, I'm hoping our votes will help change the direction of Michigan's economy and well-being of all her citizens. It is SO important to vote and let our voices be heard. It's not something to take lightly, or to take at face value off of those slanted political ads. There's always a hidden agenda for every party, and every ad. Our family read all the literature out there, also reading opinion websites and articles. We've read arguments on both sides, and have made our decisions.

I, for one, can't wait to get out there and vote on Tuesday. It's as exciting to me as it was when I turned 18. I only hope my enthusiasm is contagious to my daughter so when she turns 18, she's as excited as I was!

We did very fun things this week, aside from Halloween, actually! Daughter built a worm park for her 'wormie friends' to live in over the winter. She did the research (with little help from me) and built her worm park all on her own. She dug up the dirt, put in toys, leaves, and worms. They are going to winter under the sink, where it's warmer for them (she's so concerned about the worms getting too cold, so we have to look that up still - where DO worms go when it snows?)

We had a No TV Day on the first of the month, building tents and reading more books, playing play-doh, and doing things other than staring at the idiot box.

We're currently exploring government with Daughter as President for the Day (of the house, naturally). She's a good president with a lot of cool ideas about how the house should be run. She's making good, solid rules, and nothing really out there like 'dessert all day' or anything like that. She's "letting me" go on the internet today, and she's doing her presidential best to run the household. The rule I like the best is that all the housework waits until after her bedtime at 8:30! She's bound to see the fault of that rule when she realizes we don't have clean dishes, LOL!

All in all, it seems like we've been more Unschooling than structured learning. It's been a blast trying on different ways of learning to see what the best fit is. I love trying different things!

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Nov. 3, 2006 - Sounds like y'all are having fun!

Posted by cryskey

Isn't it amazing how much fun you can have while learning with them? Just try to imagine her being stuck in a classroom and all that creativity and curiosity having to stay bottled up and fading away. Lessons like these, she will remember for a long time.

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Nov. 9, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by ChocolateCatt

I was dropping in to thank you for your really encouraging comment you left on my blog about a month ago. This is a very late thank you, but your comment was really uplifting and I wanted to say thank you.

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Nov. 12, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by RollsLife

I have been planning a no TV day for quite some time now. Perhaps I should stop putting it off it sounds like you guys had lots of fun. :)

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Nov. 15, 2006 - Yea!

Posted by cryskey

Congratulations!!!! : ) That is wonderful, I'm so excited for you! Unfortunately, I have no excuse other than not behaving myself. ; )

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Buddhist/Christian Homeschooling family trying to get a handle on all the newness that comes along with being a first time homeschooler with values not reflected in the majority of my city!