tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15557044757723615582024-02-19T04:00:12.614-08:00One Texas Family's Homeschooling AdventuresI will be writing about my life as a homeschooling mother. Enjoying my family, working on our goals, along with all the ups and downs.
Come along for the ride and join us. Laugh at or with us as we discover what tomorrow has in store for us.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555704475772361558.post-89461277633514157972015-03-22T20:20:00.001-07:002015-03-22T20:20:17.701-07:00hiatusI am not going to be posting much for a little while. My health and energy is low and I am taking the time to get better before returning to writing.<br />
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You deserve my best effort not something I half way throw together just to have a new post.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">So to me the question becomes how do we prepare our children for the things we can't imagine yet? The answer, to me, is to encourage creativity, an inquisitive mind, curiosity and an open mind. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Here are some of the advances we have made in that time frame. </span><br />
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What are your child's talent? interests? not the superficial ones but the real ones.<br />
what is it that excites them to do.<br />
to nurture it is our goal as parents & homeschool teachers<br />
however it takes looking for it, exposing kids to different things. To museums, car shows, different kinds of music,dancing, martial arts, cooking, business, firemen, police,emts, medicine, science, art,and oh so much more.<br />
what upon scratching the surface of do they want to know more and more or do more and more.<br />
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there was a young man who as a child decided he wanted to be a fireman.<br />
which was encouraged until high school when a teacher told him it was a waste of his potential.<br />
he ignored him and became one anyway.<br />
A few years later he responding to a car accident and guess who it was.<br />
He freed the man, performed cpr and saved that mans life. Saved the wife too.<br />
He became what he was meant to be and was there when needed by the very man who told him being a fireman was a waste of his talents...... think the teacher might have changed his mind.<br />
now but what we need to learn from this story is simple<br />
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Encourage and support our children in what they are passionate about.<br />
They know what that is and we don't need to confuse them. If they are unsure Then we can go about introducing things to see if any of them resonate with the child but Never push what we want on them. It is their life and their chance to make their personal mark.<br />
We want the best for them the best paying the most secure jobs and careers but that might not be what is best for them.<br />
We want them to have a job and life that they are excited to wake up to not one they are just marking the time and miserable in.<br />
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Communities need and thrive on a diversity of talents.<br />
We need lots of people with different talents and skills to make it all work.<br />
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We have adopted a fast food style public education everything is standardized.<br />
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we need a education system that is more personalized.<br />
Group children with other kids on their skill and learning style not age.<br />
kids that learn by visuals best together in a class that teaches that way.<br />
kids that learn best alone, together but cubicles will work wonders for these kids.<br />
kids that learn best audibly be taught audibly,<br />
and people that learn by doing or moving being taught that way.<br />
test the kids to see how they learn and teach them that way not by age.<br />
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Remember tread softly lest you trample your childs dreams or spirit.<br />
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I am getting asked frequently<br />
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<b>*How do you move from public school to homeschool?</b><br />
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<b>*What if I am not knowledgeable on certain subjects to help my child with them?</b><br />
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<b>*What are the laws and requirements to homeschool in Texas?</b><br />
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<b>*I work so how can I possibly homeschool?</b><br />
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<b>*Where do you get the books and such?</b><br />
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I will be answering all of these and more in the class. However for now I need to type it all up, Find a place to hold the class, advertise the class, and such.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>we also provide training both team and corporately, up to 40% commission, they ship to customer so you just need to find the customers and we all know a few candle lovers don't we.</b></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Make sure to follow and bookmark so you don't miss out on any of our great posts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555704475772361558.post-73697487939729332022015-02-28T20:07:00.002-08:002015-03-04T19:12:35.405-08:00Relaxing and Staying Warm for the WeekendWe have holed up this weekend, its cold and there is snow outside.<br />
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Well some days are below 30 degrees and others are around 70 degrees in the same week.<br />
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I am not a fan of the cold by any stretch of the imagination.<br />
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Kids went outside for a few minutes to explore the snow on Friday. They Loved it! Tabby stayed until her hands hurt from the cold and then screamed when we made her come in to warm up.<br />
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We have been watching movies and alternating comfort food and pizza delivery.<br />
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We had chips and sandwiches for lunch then we had homemade Pot Pie for supper.<br />
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I got really excited tonight when I found out about the new candle coming out next week for April Fools Day from <a href="http://www.lovingjic.com/" target="_blank">Jewelry in Candles</a>. Grand prize for this candle is .<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">An all expenses paid vacation for 2 to Disney World in Orlando FL. Airfare, on resort room, meal plan and park tickets!</span><br />
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Tomorrow is Church for the big kids while Mommy spends quality time with Tabby. She is still scared of being in small rooms with strangers ex. nursery and can't sit still long enough for Big Church.<br />
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I will be getting my grocery list and making list of where all I need to go to go finish paying bills and running errands on Monday.<br />
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Monday we will be picking up on our ASL lessons from Friday. We are trying to get the kids and Mommy to where we can have a No talking day, ASL only.<br />
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We ordered in new workbooks as Acheron and Ilyana have almost finished the ones they just got. They Love to finish them as fast as they can so they can have more free learning days until the new ones arrive.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Make sure to follow and bookmark so you don't miss out on any of our great posts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555704475772361558.post-10423608444369701102015-02-26T14:08:00.001-08:002015-02-26T14:08:26.953-08:00March Meal PlanBusy day today, planning what all needs to be done on Friday Payday.<br />
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what bills to pay where and when<br />
what all household supplies we need<br />
write up a meal plan<br />
gathered a grocery list from the meal plan<br />
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after doing all that I played with the kids some and relaxed with a book. (we took a bad weather day today)<br />
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we do cereal for breakfast and sandwiches or ramen noodles for lunch so...<br />
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Here is our Dinner meal plan for march<br />
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1 salisbury steak<br />
2 pizza<br />
3 baked potato*<br />
4 grilled cheese*<br />
5 pot pie*<br />
6 salmon patties*<br />
7 hot dogs<br />
8 mac and cheese with wieners<br />
9 biscuits and gravy<br />
10 meat loaf*<br />
11 enchiladas*<br />
12 salisbury steak<br />
13 pizza<br />
14 baked potato*<br />
15 hot dogs<br />
16 store lasagna<br />
17 pot pie*<br />
18 grilled cheese*<br />
19 biscuits and gravy<br />
20 meat loaf *<br />
21 enchiladas*<br />
22 salmon patties*<br />
23 pizza<br />
24 store lasagna<br />
25 pot pie*<br />
26 baked potato*<br />
26 mac and cheese with wieners<br />
27 hot dogs<br />
28 pot pie*<br />
29 pizza<br />
30 salmon patties*<br />
31 sausage stir fry*<br />
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* made at home not from a box<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Love is in the air. the sweet soothing aroma, of pink roses, jasmine, and soft violets, will sweep you off your feet. A light and romantic fragrance with lingering base notes of sweet musk and unique woodsy notes. Natural soy moonlit serenade scented candles and tarts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I am ordering mine payday!! order yours at <a href="http://www.lovingjic.com/">www.LovingJic.com</a> </span></span><br />
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Ilyana sold two kinds of mini cupcakes, brownies, and blueberry muffins.<br />
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Little Henry sold homemade Lemonade.<br />
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They worked the sale from 9-2.<br />
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Their first customer bought all of the brownies and some lemonade. Then No customers for Hours.<br />
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They took one dollar out of the money they earned, and went to the dollar general around the corner from us, to get a poster board.<br />
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We had a new friend come by to help with the sale and she painted them a sign. The kids then took it to the busy corner near us about a block and a half away. They held the sign up trying to draw in more customers.<br />
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They succeeded in getting One customer. That's all they needed, the nice couple that stopped bought them out of everything they had left!!!<br />
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After the sale was over they paid back Mom for the baking mixes and lemonade supplies.<br />
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They ended up making 9 dollars each. Not bad for a Saturday afternoon adventure.<br />
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They learned that with work and advertising they can earn money but that you also have to spend money on supplies to make money.<br />
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Saturday had a temperature of 65 degree. Today on Sunday our high is 40 with rain and snow.... so it will be a while before they can attempt this or any of their other outdoor ways of earning money.<br />
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After the sale they didn't want to stop selling so they took mom's flyer's and goodie bags for my <a href="http://www.lovingjic.com/" target="_blank">Jewelry in candles</a> business and went off handing them out to everyone they know and their friends decided to help and took them to everyone they know too.<br />
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Results. Kids learned that money is earned and about paying expenses to find the profit. Mom got to watch them learn and got some free advertising done by the kids!! We made a new friend, kids ended up having a sleepover, and some pride in earning their own spending money.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Make sure to follow and bookmark so you don't miss out on any of our great posts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555704475772361558.post-20411407625447791962015-02-19T08:30:00.000-08:002015-02-19T08:30:01.557-08:00Dorito Casserole Ingredients<br />
1 bag of doritos your choice flavor (i favor ranch)<br />
1 pound hamburger meat<br />
taco seasoning<br />
shred cheese<br />
shred lettuce<br />
diced tomatoes<br />
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In a skillet brown the hamburger meat,drain and season with taco seasoning<br />
loosely crumble the whole bag of doritos into the bottom of the casserole dish<br />
add the hamburger meat on top of that<br />
layer on the lettuce then cheese then tomato's<br />
bake at 350 till the cheese melts and lettuce starts to wilt<br />
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They fight over who will do the most to make our next batch.<br />
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They even start doing laundry just so they can use it,this attitude lasts about a week.<br />
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Assign each child one of the tasks, grating the soap, measuring out the powders, stirring.<br />
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You get to have a great time and make something a lot more useful than the old macaroni art.<br />
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To make liquid Laundry Soap:<br />
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Ingredients<br />
1 bar of soap grated per 5 gallons (I use Ivory soap) you can get a 3pk for $2.00<br />
1 cup borax $3.00<br />
1 cup arm and hammer washing soda $3.00<br />
1 cup of oxyclean small tub 3.00<br />
so about 11.00 makes 15 gallons<br />
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Grate one bar of soap with cheese grater or food processor.<br />
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Put grated soap in pan with 2 quarts water and gradually heat, stirring constantly until soap is completely dissolved.<br />
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Put 4.5 gallons of really hot tap water in a 5-gallon bucket<br />
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and stir in 1 cup of borax and 1 cup of Washing Soda until completely dissolved.<br />
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1 cup of oxyclean to this as well<br />
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Pour soap mixture from pan into 5-gallon bucket. Stir well.<br />
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Cover and leave overnight.<br />
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Stir until smooth and pour into gallon jug or whatever you decide to use as your laundry bottle.<br />
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Use 1/2 to 1 cup per load.<br />
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How much could this save your family???<div class="blogger-post-footer">Make sure to follow and bookmark so you don't miss out on any of our great posts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555704475772361558.post-52918402475114802952015-02-15T09:30:00.000-08:002015-02-15T09:30:07.214-08:00Our Homeschool Plan for the WeekThis week with our homeschool schedule is going to be<br />
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Monday - Home Ec, learning personal finance, business, cooking and cleaning<br />
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Tuesday - workbooks and reading and library time<br />
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wednesday - science Reading aloud and history videos<br />
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thursday - workbooks and reading<br />
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friday - our foreign language class - ASL<br />
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Monday I will be calling our Local EMS to schedule a field trip to go talk to them and see the ambulance for the kids.<br />
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Tuesday I will call or go by the local Fire dept and see about scheduling a field trip with them as well.<br />
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I will continue to work on my business while they are doing workbook time and after school with their help.<br />
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They are learning so much about not just Facts but Life as well with this model of learning.<br />
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They are learning the difference between assets, liabilities, budgeting, how to cook, clean, and shop on a budget.<br />
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How to work together as a team to accomplish goals, from simply running a home smoothly and to help run a business with a mutual goal.<br />
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We are so glad we chose to homeschool the children so they could learn what they need for life instead of just facts to pass tests.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Make sure to follow and bookmark so you don't miss out on any of our great posts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555704475772361558.post-7628266478337771082015-02-10T19:42:00.000-08:002015-02-10T19:42:17.741-08:00Finding Balance in my Life that's Out of BalanceI have been so off balance with my life the last couple of weeks.<br />
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Trying to start a business, write my Blog and grow it, Home school the children, run the house, be a wife and mother.<br />
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It's exhausting just reading what I have been trying to do.<br />
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I apologize for falling behind in doing quality posts on here. I have been studying so much on my business and how to sell that my brain didn't have a lot left to offer.<br />
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My kids schedule with their home school keeps them pretty self sufficient with regards to that. However Mom is still on call to help with anything they don't understand fully.<br />
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I started with a direct sales company called<a href="http://www.lovingjic.com/" target="_blank"> Jewelry In Candles</a>. Selling you guessed it Soy Candles with Jewelry inside them. I have been trying to network, learn selling strategies, get samples, catalogs, and all the other little things that go with it going.<br />
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Create a meal plan we can all live with. Shop for it, remember it, and Cook it. I need to reprint and put it on my fridge so that I can remember what to defrost and when.<br />
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We have doctors and dentist appointments coming up for all 4 kids. Of course they are dreading them, afraid that they will need shots.<br />
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I am also trying to find the time to fit in driving lessons. I somehow made it to 30 unable to drive.<br />
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Oh and we also got a new kitten this week. We named her Raven, she is black with a little grey and brown mixed in. Tabitha my toddler tells us that its name is not Raven its kitty cat.... she gets so adamant about this its cute.<br />
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I need to sit down and come up with a schedule so I can meet all of my goals without falling as short as I have. I will be posting 3 times a week maybe more but 3 times for sure.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Make sure to follow and bookmark so you don't miss out on any of our great posts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555704475772361558.post-47533145239561551372015-02-07T08:30:00.000-08:002015-02-07T08:30:01.091-08:00Never Give Up!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If both parents work I can understand this might SEEM really hard but do you have a relative, family friend, or babysitter that could supervise them as they work?<br />
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You can buy a whole years curriculum online and it comes with lesson plans usually telling you how many pages of which books per day. There are answer sheets for grading, and youtube video's for nearly any subject to help if you don't know how to explain something. Khan Academy on youtube teaches math from single digit adding all the way to calculus. the money you save on back to school clothes and supplies pays for this.<br />
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There are online schools like K12. Where they do the school work online! No workbooks to keep up with.<br />
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Yes, you need to check with the state Laws. Some are very simple others are very detailed. I am lucky Texas actually encourages Home School and makes it easy for the parents to do so.<br />
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If your child is being Physically or Mentally hurt at their school go to the teacher.If nothing is done or not enough is done go to the principle. Same thing if nothing is done go to the superintendent followed by the school board. Change schools if you think it will help.But DO Something!!!<br />
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Do Not Leave your child to suffer. To many kids each year <a href="http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/bullying-and-suicide.html" target="_blank">commit suicide</a> because of this. Others are mentally scarred and carry the trauma through life.<br />
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Make sure that the people you entrust your childs education and safety to actually do the job you expect them to do.<br />
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I hear people say I must be really strong emotionally to homeschool 3 kids myself. Or they Say they could never do that. If you get a schedule down mine is loose.( see our <a href="http://livelifetoday-rebecca.blogspot.com/2015/02/new-schedule.html" target="_blank">schedule</a> or a<a href="http://livelifetoday-rebecca.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-day-in-our-life-homeschooling.html" target="_blank"> day in the life</a>) Then it flows easily. Yes some days are harder than others,when life happens. However we have the flexibility to say, ok we have doctors appointments for 4 kids today, we are taking the day off.<br />
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It is better that your child feels safe and free to learn. If they see school and learning as something to be feared it doesn't bode well for them in this ever competitive corporate world. Don't let your fear or theirs stifle their Education.<br />
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You are your Children's Best, and usually only, advocate so fight for what is best for them.No one loves them like you do.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Make sure to follow and bookmark so you don't miss out on any of our great posts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555704475772361558.post-39600895150208782202015-02-05T15:50:00.001-08:002015-02-05T15:50:14.335-08:00Food SafetyPlease Sign the Petition at http://foodbabe.com/cereal/ <div>
Its time they made the cereal as safe to eat here in the US as they do in Europe!!</div>
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My kids are not guinea pigs Kellogg's.<br /><div>
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You can buy these or one of our many scents of wax tarts or candles at <a href="http://lovingjic.com/">Lovingjic.com</a><br /><br />
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8-9 get dressed and eat breakfast<br />
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9-11 book work<br />
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11-12 lunch<br />
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12 -1 recess or tv depending on weather<br />
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1-3 independent study, reading, art, science<br />
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This freed up the mommy to work on her home based business selling scented soy candles with jewelry in them. I am always working on inventory, flyers, catalogs, meeting people and such.<br />
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Now the kids Love to help me handing out flyers or pretty much anything other than writing the contact information onto labels for the catalogs.<br />
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I think they are more excited than I am when our packages of supplies or inventory comes in. I bounce off the walls waiting for that mailman every time impatient to sniff all the wonderful wax tarts and candles.<br />
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The kids are learning about the hard work involved in self employment without the pressure. Mommy gets to meet other grown ups and bring in an income so its definitely a win-win for us.<br />
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Kids absolutely Loved the new schedule and watched the clock calling out how long till the next thing was.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Make sure to follow and bookmark so you don't miss out on any of our great posts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555704475772361558.post-77200683588019030272015-02-02T14:47:00.003-08:002015-02-02T14:47:53.962-08:00Another Busy DayToday was a BUSY day.<br />
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Kids voted to work on their reading and art today.<br />
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While they started this, I took Henry and Tabby to the library to get everyone some new books, and print out flyers for my <a href="http://lovingjic.com/" target="_blank">Jewelry in Candles</a> business.<br />
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Went to walmart to get an over the door shoe rack. Tabby's and Ilyana's shoes were everywhere. :D<br />
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Came home fixed Chef's salad with Olive Garden Italian dressing. They cleared their bowls.<br />
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I got my large flyers ready to put on bulletin boards in town, bought and set up a new domain name thats easier for customers than my original one for <a href="http://lovingjic.com/" target="_blank">Jewelry in Candles</a>. Then prepped the half page flyers to hand out and leave with local businesses.<br />
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We went to get our car's inspection sticker. Took Acheron with me. He loved the mechanic shop. They had a Shelby Cobra inside and a vintage pinball machine.Of course I immediately said don't touch anything. He was so in awe that the owner gave him a hot wheels car to play with. Acheron asked them if he could work there when he gets older. They said when he reaches High School age come back in and they might let him sweep up and start learning how to work on the cars.I am loving them for encouraging his interest.<br />
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Now I am resting up before I start supper. Its meatloaf night, a favorite in our house. Last time I made a 4 pound meatloaf we had No leftovers.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Make sure to follow and bookmark so you don't miss out on any of our great posts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555704475772361558.post-61607692781157486572015-02-01T08:19:00.002-08:002015-02-01T08:19:41.115-08:00Valentines Gift Idea<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">GUYS its less than 2 weeks till valentines!! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Get her a great smelling candle she will love! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">As a bonus it will have the jewelry inside you choose earrings, necklace or ring. (if in doubt go for necklace) </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">We have lots of scents, Might I recommend Midsummers romance or Love Potion? </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I said "No you haven't and the last time I was on one I was 13 years old."</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Ilyana looks at me and says "That was what 10 years ago?"</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">"Umm no, That was 17 years ago honey."</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Little Henry is 12 years old...........</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Ilyana says "What? I forget how old you are Mom."</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Little Henry replied "Our mom looks pretty young for her age."</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">ahh Kids they never cease to amaze you with what they will say.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Make sure to follow and bookmark so you don't miss out on any of our great posts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555704475772361558.post-48577074096311816442015-01-30T08:30:00.000-08:002015-01-30T08:30:01.463-08:00Against testing the Kids?Here is why I dislike the Academic testing of our kids.<br />
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Have you ever stopped and thought of how many times a year a child gets tested in school? Exams, pop quiz, standardized tests, spelling tests, math tests, its endless. Public schools now teach entirely to what is on the standardized tests instead of what the student needs.<br />
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What does that test really tell you? For my youngest son, Not a thing other than, he hates them. He fails every test and I do mean every test. However if you do the math test as flashcards or make it a game he Aces the test. He just hates book work of any kind.<br />
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We test kids and find out what they excel at and what they do worst at? Once the results come in, what is done about it? We give them tons more work on the subject they are worst at?<br />
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How does this inspire them to want to learn? Why don't we give them more work in what they excel at? Encourage their strong suits instead of focusing solely on their weaknesses.<br />
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We need to let the kids show us what excites them. What gets them so jazzed up they can't wait to do it, think about it all the time?<br />
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Music, art, inventing, science, reading, game design, computers. There IS something that the child enjoys. You might have to try many things to find it but it is there.<br />
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If we only focus are on what the child is bad at so will they. It destroys their self esteem and self worth. Focus on what they are good at and so will they. Increasing their self worth and self esteem.<br />
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Now I am not saying ignore math, reading, writing, and other subjects. But as long as they pass it, if its their weaker subject, don't make a big fuss.<br />
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Instead of testing our kids I go through their workbooks and if they passed more of their pages then failed then they can go on to the next harder book. We review everything before the next school year so that we keep it fresh in their minds.<br />
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I will be honest I had to reread the material in the language art class. I had forgotten a lot. Noun, verb, adverb, pronoun, adjective, preposition, prepositional phrases, homophone, synonym,antonym. I honestly do not think about these things as an adult. I also use spell checker and my computer automatically checks for the grammar that I inevitably mess up on. <br />
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If my kids can write a letter or persuasive argument concisely and meaningfully, I will be happy. I just don't want my kids ,to be one of the ones I see as adults, writing C U L8er.<br />
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Don't let test scores or grade level Define your childs worth, accomplishment, or future. Who knows how far they can go if we let them. After all it is their ability and not school grades that they will use to build their futures.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. More spinach please, from Tabitha (2)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Can I cook supper tonight? Henry (12)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Can today be a cleaning day (clean the house) Acheron (8)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. "I would be sad if something happened to you, Henry." right after she </span><span style="font-size: large;">runs back in the yard leaving him out of it and a stray dog coming toward them. Ilyana (8)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">5. "My name Tabby not buttercup!", when I made the mistake of calling her this.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">6. Yells "Daddy,Bedtime!" then she gathers her blanket and bottle and stands </span><span style="font-size: large;">next to him dancing while waiting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">7. Mom, you sell candles? Acheron's question a month after I started selling. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I have catalogs and flyers everywhere and watch training videos daily. I also </span><span style="font-size: large;">go out selling daily. He just now noticed....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">8. Mom this is the best spaghetti ever!! All 3 of the older kids. It's canned sauce nothing added.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">9. Can we have Asparagus tonight? Henry</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am so blessed to have these kids. Which of these do you wish your kids said? What Crazy things do your kids say?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Make sure to follow and bookmark so you don't miss out on any of our great posts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555704475772361558.post-91969449831809754562015-01-28T08:30:00.000-08:002015-01-28T08:30:01.378-08:00A Day in Our Life Homeschooling<br />
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Today I overslept and Ilyana came to wake me up telling me they had already ate breakfast and started their workbooks.<br />
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Let me tell you this makes me proud, not that I overslept, that even without me they get started on school work.<br />
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They did a few pages in their workbooks and then it was individual reading.<br />
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Time for lunch and they chose Ramen.<br />
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After lunch they read aloud to each other a book on Turkey (the country not bird) and a book on Ecology.<br />
I found if <b>They</b> read it aloud then they remember more than if I just read it to them or made them read it to themselves.<br />
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3pm run to the Library to get more books and our day is done.<br />
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kids have free time, they are reading while they wait their turn on their Sega. Yep we are old school.<br />
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5:30 they are bored of the books and games, now they are outside playing while mom starts supper.<br />
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So as you can see our days are simple but effective for us. Every Homeschool family is different, No two do it the exact same.<br />
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I got soo excited today. I already knew about<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy" target="_blank"> Khan Academy</a> on youtube as a great math resource for helping the kids get through their math assignments when they don't understand the concept. But then today I discovered <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=english+grammar+lessons+for+beginners" target="_blank">English grammer classes </a>on youtube, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=science+lessons+for+elementary" target="_blank">science lessons</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=art+classes+for+children" target="_blank">Art lessons</a> and more.<br />
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My kids learn more with the videos than books, Visual and auditory combined really clicks for them.<br />
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I hope you enjoy a peek into our day homeschooling.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Make sure to follow and bookmark so you don't miss out on any of our great posts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555704475772361558.post-26392269362411226972015-01-27T08:30:00.000-08:002015-01-27T08:30:00.821-08:00The Attitude of Gratitude<span style="color: blue;">How good does it make you feel when someone thanks you or gives you a compliment? </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Do you thank those around you for what they do? </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Have you noticed someone looking nice? </span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Tell them! You could be making their day. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I always feel good after helping someone or complimenting them. So its good for me and them. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">We need to be thankful for what we do have instead of bemoaning what we don't have. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">I am not saying settle for what you have. Always strive to reach the next level on your path. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I am saying don't get so wrapped up in what you want that you miss what you do have. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Bless the things you have and the things you want. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">There is always more coming to us if we are ready and open to receive them. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">By blessing and being grateful for what we have it sends a clear message to the universe that we are ready for more. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">If we complain and focus on the lack the universe will send us more of the same. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Be careful which one your thoughts draw. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">If you catch a thought of lack stop it and think of the blessings already in your life. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">After a while this will become a habit. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Life will not always be rosy but if you are able to see past its challenges to the lessons and blessings. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">It will take the sting out of some situations making it easier to handle.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Does anyone have any questions or anything to add to this?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Make sure to follow and bookmark so you don't miss out on any of our great posts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14712728071172702071noreply@blogger.com0