Thursday, October 17, 2013

Homeschooling Weeks

I've been SO busy with everything that I haven't had ANY time to blog. As you know, we started homeschooling this year. We've been going for eight weeks, but not eight weeks strong.
I'm just not going to go in depth about everything I've been doing, but here're my top things I didn't know before I started homeschooling:
#1 Saxon math, in the geometry level, has 30 math problems a day, more than my middle school homework had.
#2 Double-speed First Form Latin is too slow for me.
#3 It is really easy to drag your feet on finishing science experiments.
#4 There's a lot more room for creativity in answering history review questions when you're doing so orally. For instance: "Who were the Olmecs?" "The first major Mesoamerican culture to carve giant stone heads before mysteriously disappearing." "Who were the Toltecs?" "The guys after the Olmecs, who, like many ancient mesoamerican cultures, mysteriously disappeared." "How were the Olmecs and Toltecs similar?" "They both were early mesoamerican cultures that disappeared– or did they?" "You're not even looking at the book." "No, I'm on the floor stretching while you read questions from the answer key."
#5 The urge to sit on the floor to do schoolwork is a tough one to fight.
#6 We have to go to the library every week.
#7 "Life Skills class credit" is code for "Chores with a Smile."
#8 "Time Management in Homeschooling" means, "Get the work done before 5 o'clock."
#9 Facebook during Spanish class becomes possible, but not appealing.
#10 The answer to "Is homeschooling worth it?" is, without a doubt, "HECK YEAH."