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Tessa' view on Home Schooling

3 comments | Saturday, June 16, 2007

I am really good at Math! I am working so hard on first grade math.

I have lots of friends.

I love my Mom and Dad, Bryson, Addy, Corbin, Merritt, and Hadley.

Hadley is the cutest girl in the family.

I love to play with my little sister while the other kids work on their schooling. I can only do this after I do my reading and Math.

I have pictures from Disneyland, do you know what my favorite ride is? The space mountain and rafting ride.

From Tessa!

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Home School Benefits

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So, it's been a long time since I have written. I vow to now right every weekend that is reasonable.

Things have been great! I love the benefits of Home Schooling. The kids get along better, the consistency in my parenting is better and it's worth it to follow through. Of course, the hard part is the patience, but that is even getting better. I love the natural learning that happens and all the social that is now at a normal amount.

The kids have moved along so well with their math. Corbin (3rd grade) is now where Bryson (6th grade) was at this time last year. We use Saxon Math and Corbin just finished 5/4 and is now doing 6/5. He is noticing how you use math in so many things. Bryson's math is getting harder for him and he is complaining about it, but I am so proud of how much he is learning. Even with his Home Schooling starting later (in 5th grade) he is now ahead in Math (at 8/7). It's so great.

I love the books they read from the Robinson Curriculum. Bryson said he read one part in the Rover Boys 4 times the other day because it was such a great adventure.

To sum it up. There is no perfect situation with parenting and schooling, but this is so much better than a year ago. :)

Signed - The Mother! :)

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Moved Sites

0 comments | Tuesday, June 12, 2007

I created a new site - www.engagedlearning.net - to make it more my own. Everything from here was transfered over and I started writing on it. Then I realized that I didn't redirect everyone over to the new one!

So, please dump this site and go to www.engagedlearning.net. Get the RSS over there. This will be the last post on this site.

Sorry for the mixup!

BTW - I have created a NING community. It is titled, "Learning 2.0". It was started mainly for our local Portland chapter of ASTD, but with the "boundrylessness" of the technology, anyone can join and participate. I encourage everyone to do so! The tag line is...

Exposing the power of sharing user created content through collaborative, non-formal learning environments.


See you there!

-KJ

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