Posted in My own homeschooled life, J.'s Homeschooling, Homeschooling and Education on Oct 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
Ah, to be organized. I am feeling pretty good about our school organization right now. I’ve created systems that seem to work very well for Carbon, and I think the system for my sister is pretty good even if she is having trouble keeping up. What she needs right now is a system for getting […]
Posted in J.'s Homeschooling on Sep 6th, 2007 1 Comment »
Tuesday was my sister’s first day of “8th grade”. We don’t really make a big deal about “the first day of school”, and in fact she actually has some summer assignments lingering that she hasn’t completed. BUT… tuesday was the day she started her new unit studies that will carry her through the 8th grade!
I […]
Posted in J.'s Homeschooling on Aug 13th, 2007 2 Comments »
My sister just finished her summer units up, so I went back over all my records for the year and made her “official” 7th grade transcript. It’s been a frustrating year, in lots of ways, and we all had the general impression that we hadn’t accomplished as much as we should have. J. wasn’t used […]
Posted in J.'s Homeschooling on Jun 29th, 2007 1 Comment »
My sister is about to go into 8th grade. This is the last year before we need to start keeping portfolios and transcripts, and she really wanted to get caught up this year. I don’t think she can catch up next year, especially not at the pace she is currently going (but it is summer, […]
Posted in J.'s Homeschooling on May 7th, 2007 No Comments »
I finally got some pictures back from my sister’s presentation day. She was presenting her work from three unit studies: US Geography, Mexico, and Women in Science. My mom hosted, my dad was there with our half-sister, and my husband and I drove up, and one of our brothers was there too. So there were lots […]
Posted in J.'s Homeschooling on Mar 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
I’ve been very busy planning my sister J.’s summer school assignments, but I’ve finally finished it all up. To make it easier for her, I’ve created a planner that has the calendar months, checklists, and syllabi all together. As soon as I get some ink for my printer, I can print it out and bind […]
Posted in J.'s Homeschooling on Mar 6th, 2007 2 Comments »
My sister has been having problems staying current with her assignments, and it’s been a constant battle all year. She’s been grounded if she didn’t get her work done. She’s been on a block schedule, a daily bell schedule, and a loose “grab bag” system. We’ve done intensive lesson days with lectures instead of independent […]
Posted in J.'s Homeschooling, Books on Dec 21st, 2006 1 Comment »
My sister, J., has gone and surprised me. She was doing a unit study on the Middle East, and I was going to have her read excerpts from Reading Lolita in Tehran, because when I pre-read the book it looked too hard for her. She got a copy from the library, but before I could […]
Posted in J.'s Homeschooling, Holidays on Nov 26th, 2006 1 Comment »
This year, the Christmas tree at the White House is coming from here, Washington State. To decorate the tree, the state invited school children, including homeschooled children, to make ornaments that represent the state. There was a chance to win a trip to Washington D.C. to be at the tree lighting, for the student, parent, […]
Posted in J.'s Homeschooling on Aug 9th, 2006 1 Comment »
Yesterday I sat down with my mom and my sister to have a conference about J.’s progress. While I was off on vacation, she fell behind on her assignments. We also have discovered that she hasn’t been doing her basic daily work (exercising, practicing the piano, etc.) because she’s been concentrating so hard on keeping […]
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