http://siouxjoe.homeschooljournal.net Learning happens everywhere, but mostly in the dining room. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:25:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en    Well, student teaching will wrap up next week and I could not be happier.  I will miss the children I have worked with but I am so excited to get back to homeschooling with Joe.  This semester has been rough on both of us.  I have just missed spending ... http://siouxjoe.homeschooljournal.net/2008/11/30/back-in-the-saddle-again/    Well, here it is.  My declaration of intended curriculum for this “school year”.  I am very happy with our choices this year and I feel like Joe is progressing to an interesting place academically.  We are working this eclectic version of the classical spiral.  I am informed that we ... http://siouxjoe.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/19/obligatory-annual-curriculum-post-part-1-oi-vey/      We had our home school association meeting this evening and boy are my jaws tired.  Actually my belly hurts due to the ingestion of the most awesome peanut brownies EVER.  I love the whole dessert  social concept.  I really think skipping the potluck was an excellent idea.                 Our group ... http://siouxjoe.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/14/brownie-support-group-activities/    So today is like most days this month.  We are wrapping up a lot of loose ends for portfolio review.  We have been concentrating on history because that is the subject that suffers the most during the times I am busy with school.  My goal was to make it ... http://siouxjoe.homeschooljournal.net/2008/06/25/vacationall-i-never-wanted/ 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 ... http://siouxjoe.homeschooljournal.net/2008/06/21/schedules-and-other-middle-school-mayhem/    Well we made through the first week of homeschooling with few hiccups.  It is really amazing what a short stint back in public school did for Joe's attitude.  We are focusing on tying up some loose ends while we wait for his books to come in.  This past week ... http://siouxjoe.homeschooljournal.net/2008/01/11/first-week-of-the-rest-of-my-life/     I haven't written anything for a long time.  Mainly because we haven't been homeschooling and I lost my haphazard drive to blog once I didn't need to document anything.  We tried public schooling with Joe this year for 5th grade.  I am sure it could have been more ... http://siouxjoe.homeschooljournal.net/2007/12/11/finish-what-you-start/   Today is a weird day.  Tomorrow my precious baby turns 10 years old.  We are hosting a sleepover tonight.  I will have no food left tomorrow.  I know that most of you see the passage of time like the hands on the clock spinning out of control.  I definitely ... http://siouxjoe.homeschooljournal.net/2007/05/18/books-and-birthdays/ I feel  little like Mr. Rogers updating on what is going on in the neighborhood.  I will probably add some more stuff this post later.  I just really need to document my life in a medium where thousands of people could look at, but most likely  no one will.  :)      ... http://siouxjoe.homeschooljournal.net/2007/05/16/soooo/ I have been so neglectful about posting.  Even though I know that we will still consider ourselves homeschoolers after this year is over.  But I started this blog to chronicle what we did all day.  And so come what may. I will try my best to do that.  I have ... http://siouxjoe.homeschooljournal.net/2007/05/14/slacker-mom/