21st June, 2008
Schedules and other middle school mayhem
Well, this year has gone fairly smoothly, save some scheduling and completion issues. I can definitly tell that Joe appreciates the opportunity to homeschool after having been in public school some last year. We had to rearrange some things in our schedule to help it fit my school schedule. I am student teaching in the fall so we are working through June, taking July off, starting again in August and September, and then having a fall break in October and November. That made my head hurt just to write it. He is not loving working in the summer, I do however remind him frequently that if he would do the work when he is told to do it in the morning…. he wouldn’t be missing time with his friends later. Honestly that has been our biggest issue this year. If Joe is not completely feeling up to it he either “forgets” to do his work or says it was hard and “I answered the best I could.” Last time I checked, “sort of” was not even a mediocre answer to the question, “Did Johnny Tremain agree or disagree with Sam Adams’ actions via the Sons of Liberty and why do you think so?” We have really been in get it done mode, so maybe it is time for a break and things will be better in August. He is excited about starting some new texts that he views as advanced. I think I take for granted the things I believe him capable of. He is superhuman, right? Capable of understanding 7th grade literary analysis in a single bound!
Posted at 3:16 pm |
On June 23, 2008 at 11:57 am
paradisefound said:
June 23, 2008 at 11:57 am
I tried to email in reply to your comment/question on my blog, but it bounced.
My hands-on history books are published by Nomad Press, as part of a great series. I’m proud to be part of it (they’re JUST the kind of books my kids love!). http://nomadpress.net/childrens/buildIt/index.html
Team Challenges is published by Zephyr Press. http://tinyurl.com/3hartm
All are distributed by Independent Publisher’s Group.
Where are you located? I’m in Northern California and beginning the slow route to making myself available to schools/stores for workshops.