Well it happens about every 6 months for us, he just gets bored or lazy with doing his school work. After a long, and I mean long talk with a veteran homeschooling mamas (Thanks Jeri, Sherri and Amanda), I decided once again to re-vamp his schedule into things that he is interested in; mixed of course, with the things that have to be done! I spent the last two and half hours of this rainy Sunday breaking down what needs to be done by the end of our year. This also included daily chores, and his personal goals. All of this with him sitting right beside me, the only way I know to make sure he understands how much work goes into planning out his education. Sometimes I have to talk/vent having to redo the schedule yet again, just because it is so labor intensive. But it always helps and in the future that there are at least a couple things that don't have to go back onto our list. (ya know the things he gets or completes, OH YEA) Our newest tool is the monkey planner above, he picked it out with me and it seems to have everything that we need to get him organized. We have tried free print outs/ blank notebooks and Google docs in the past and they don't have the sticking power for him. Hoping this time it works!!
I always depend on local and online homeschooling parents for all the trails of homeschooling. I think that one thing that you need if you are homeschooling any teen through high school is a great support group with all different backgrounds(especially if they have a special need). I have a great local resource of moms and dads that help me when I am getting ready to throw in the towel. But sometimes I just can't meet up with them or have the time to call them, so I go to my favorite online resource for everything homeschool related, Secular Homeschoolers. I use my online group for help when I can't see my girls and get their support. I recently found a resource that I am excited about, because I was going to make this our next group science assignment. Wondering what it is?..... I really want to homeschool the subject of evolution with my boys. Its really important to me to show them ALL that is out there so that they can make an educated decision about how we all came into the world. My take on evolution is to teach it using secular resources, I do have friends and family that would disagree. BUT I think it is the only way to teach this subject. Then are are following it with a religions of the world study, from the early religions to the ones that are most practiced today.
Ok I have rambled enough about the two biggest tasks of my last week.... How was your week? What challenges did you encounter?
I always depend on local and online homeschooling parents for all the trails of homeschooling. I think that one thing that you need if you are homeschooling any teen through high school is a great support group with all different backgrounds(especially if they have a special need). I have a great local resource of moms and dads that help me when I am getting ready to throw in the towel. But sometimes I just can't meet up with them or have the time to call them, so I go to my favorite online resource for everything homeschool related, Secular Homeschoolers. I use my online group for help when I can't see my girls and get their support. I recently found a resource that I am excited about, because I was going to make this our next group science assignment. Wondering what it is?..... I really want to homeschool the subject of evolution with my boys. Its really important to me to show them ALL that is out there so that they can make an educated decision about how we all came into the world. My take on evolution is to teach it using secular resources, I do have friends and family that would disagree. BUT I think it is the only way to teach this subject. Then are are following it with a religions of the world study, from the early religions to the ones that are most practiced today.
Ok I have rambled enough about the two biggest tasks of my last week.... How was your week? What challenges did you encounter?
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