Devastation, global warming, the election
Sitting here late at night watching CNN and seeing the devastation that the east coast suffered, particularly our home state of Jersey and neighboring NY. Our power was restored this morning. I had friends from the south asking me how things were up here, and I didn’t know because I hadn’t seen anything on tv. Seeing it now is humbling. I kept teaching through the powerless hours, but I’m thinking we need to completely stop academics for now and find out where we can help. More to follow on that..
Well, election day is approaching. Hope you get out there and cast your vote!
Grab your telescope
There was a beautiful moon seen tonight, so the kids and I had the telescope out trying to observe the surface. It was fun to watch them do so.
Anybody listen to Romney tonight? Watching the recording right now..
Vacation ends. Here we go. Should I keep the long summer break?
We made it back home from vacation after driving all night. It has been a mad rush of activities all weekend, so it’s the usual business of I haven’t even finished unpacking yet.
I’m getting the classroom organized and am really excited to see what the kids will be learning this year. I plan to use this week to help ease the kids and myself back into an academic mode. I’m questioning whether I’ll keep a traditional school calendar in the future. I was reading some on the history of the school year recently. In the past, schools took a break so that the children could help farm and work out in the fields. Well, my kids aren’t helping to run a farm, so I’m debating the value of a long summer break. Yes, I need a break for sanity, but it may simply backfire on me as we begin our start-up. Something else to ponder. Well, it’s after midnight-let’s have a cup of coffee..
BTW-crazy summer sales going on right now-getting some shopping done before my free time gets consumed for the fall.
Researching curricula while on va-ca
I’ve spent the late evening hours researching and comparing curricula. I’ve mentioned before that I use Calvert’s material as my skeleton, but I tweak things here and there, add to, delete, etc trying to individualize each child’s studies. Just ordered many new books and had them sent to our realtor. Sounds like a fun vacation, right?
Actually, it is except for when my kids complain that I’m making them do schoolwork at the beach!
Garage doors and spring fever
Today was one of those days infused with interruptions in the school schedule. We had new garage doors put on the house so we had workers with us. Add to that having to drag everything out of the garage prior to their arrival. Then, cleaning, etc.
It was good though because the kids were given responsibilities in helping out and were encouraged not to complain and be thankful! We were still able to get some of our core subjects in. Truthfully, I’ve got spring fever, and they do too. I need to sit down tonight and see how to make what we’re studying a little more exciting. Maybe a field trip is needed soon. Going for coffee..
Ivy League Homeschooling 