Jan 29, 2014

"Grand" Homeschooling

More & more grandparents are homeschooling their grandchildren either because their grandchild lives with them full time or because the parents must work, but everyone agrees that homeschooling is the best option. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/grandhomeschooling/624548997600902/?notif_t=group_comment

I am a grandparent who is now raising a grandchild unexpectedly.  Plus, I am a veteran homeschool mom who can't help but begin homeschooling her grandchild.
After searching endlessly online for a group designed for folks in a similar situation and coming up short, I determined to create a group just for "us".


So, the Grand Homeschooling Group on Facebook was born. The group is designed with the homeschooling grandparent in mind.
Click on the link below to be directed to the Grand Homeschooling Group on Facebook to learn more.

Join the group - Grand Homeschooling

 Designed for those who currently are or who are considering homeschooling one or more grandchildren.  It is a safe place to find support, advice, encouragement, but most of all to share the unique ups and downs of homeschooling a grand.

Prepping for Teaching

Well, I'm just about ready to begin teaching a full 1 1/2 years of Bible, social studies/science, phonics, math, nature study, art, etc...
All free online worksheets & Resource Section copies printed, memory verse index cards created, project/craft materials gathered, library books/videos list prepared per unit, & my unit plans are ready. All that remains is a bit of math & phonics prep & scheduling.

 Wheeww.... Yay!!
One thing that I learned from past homeschool experience is that if I don't plan & gather UP FRONT, I tend to get behind & then the frustration sets in. I can be such a procrastinator and this helps to nip that in the bud for me. 


 
Also, I thought I'd share a pic of my "milk crate file box" as I'm such a visual learner & I know I like to "see" how others prepare to homeschool.
 Not shown is a basket for project materials & a box of resource books.

Jan 8, 2014

52 Books in 52 Weeks

Ok, so the holidays are over. Yay!  Am I the only one that's happy to have Christmas & New Years behind me?
Anyway, one of my goals for 2014 is to spend less time watching Netflix & more time reading good books.


I've owned a copy of The Well Educated Mind, by Susan Wise Bauer for several years and although I read carefully through the introduction soon after purchasing it, that's about as far as I got. ;)  The book lists & previews included in the book simply seemed a bit lofty at the time.

Enter the 52 Book in 52 Weeks Challenge!

 I stumbled across this blog while searching for a copy of the 52 Week Savings Challenge worksheet that I shared in previous post. (Yes, I am adding to my savings account - more on that later)

As I bounced from page to page of the blog, learning a bit about how this 52 week book challenge thing worked, I became excited that maybe I could actually DO this.  Maybe I could read 52 books in 2014 & hey, even if I only read half of that it would be 25 more complete books than I managed to read in 2013 right?  Now, I must decide on which book to start with.


 http://www.read52booksin52weeks.com/p/blog-page_1706.html