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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Making Curriculum Work for You

I'm posting a link from Chris at Wierd, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. This is one of the most clear-cut pieces on How to use your curriculum, and not let your curriculum use you that I've read in a while.

It's almost nine in the morning, I'm still in my jammies, and we haven't started our homeschooling yet. Yesterday, Bethany and I cracked the first book at 7 in the morning. Today, it will probably be 9 a.m. Hubby had to get up at 3:30 to fly, and honestly, I feel like I used to feel when the children were infants and I was doing that middle of the night feeding, and attempting to function, and....I'm sure you know the feeling. So, as I sit in my red and white striped jammies and a cup of very good coffee in hand, I am at rest in my homeschooling mama's heart. A Saxon math book awaits, and behind it First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind, and shall we not forget as well, Apologia Biblical Worldview Curriculum. And about that copywork! On the heels of reading this inspiring post, I'll enjoy X'ing out every other math problem, and doing a 20 minute language lesson instead of a 30 minute lesson. I plan on starting with the fun "experiements" that are in our Bible Curriculum today. (You wouldn't believe how quiet it is in my house right now!) Now, click on the link and hop on board a really inspiring article. I'm due for a coffee warm-up!

Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers: Making Curriculum Work for You

3 comments:

Andi said...

AMEN! Kathy! Thank you and I am do to a warm up too!

Brenda said...

The beauty of homeschooling! Our academic day usually doesn't start until 9:30. That's just what works best for us. Today I surprised Grace after she got a 100 on her Saxon math test. Tomorrow, she only has to do the new lesson problems and then pick 5 other problems. Boy, was she excited! We usually do like you and 'x' out a lot of them.
I'll get over and read the piece you suggested.
God bless!

Kathy said...

Brenda, that's a great reward for a test! Awesome idea.