Hangover?! Jus add vodka and ice!
Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Take Tylenol!!
...and drink lots of water.
We settled on a place that actually is all day long, but he won't be there. It was cheaper (that wasn't the only consideration) than the place that would give us the three-day rate. He'll be there Monday/Tuesday/Thursday from about 7 am until about 3 pm while Mom is teaching. He may go there a little more often, but not the dawn to dusk thing.
Oh, the other thing they do is the Abeka (sp?) program. And they told us that when he doesn't come, they'll send his work home so he can keep up.
When I was there on Monday (after the break-in), the guards had already shocked the pool twice. It was still green enough that you couldn't see the bottom of the deep-end.
This was maybe THE biggest benefit of homeschooling from my standpoint, aside from moral issues. My brother and I would get our work done and head out for hikes or work on crafts or play music or whatever - probably explains why so many homeschoolers excel at "extracurricular" activities.
It's also one of the aspects "outsiders" seem to have a real problem with - they don't get that it's basically a quantity vs quality issue. My Dad is still homeschooling the youngest two (in spite of my mother's death), and a lot of people are giving him a hard time about it. He has several days off during the week and will work them whenever he's off, but it's not going to be a 9 to 5 sort of thing (never has been, for that matter, but people may have thought so since Mom was a homemaker). I just talked to a coworker a few minutes ago who wanted to know, didn't they have to get a certain number of "accredited hours" (as she put it)?
I said they just had to work long enough to finish their school work, not a certain number of hours. She wasn't really satisfied with that, I don't think.
can we mix the water with bourbon?
Hangover?! Jus add vodka and ice!
We decided to go with Sonlight...heavy on the literature...The name of our math program escapes me, but I wish I'd had it when I was a kid...
I thought so. That was actually a plus for us as well.
I don't know what things will be like when he's "school age," but we think he's advanced, maybe gifted. He was born 10 weeks early, so he's not "really" 2 1/2.
But he's already talking in complete sentences, knows when something's a joke (and makes his own), recognizes letters and numbers and does well pretending. The other night at dinner he was finished so we gave him his markers. He took all the lids off and was playing with them (giving them personalities, etc) instead of coloring...
I think the stimulation he will get from daycare will be a good thing. We're also looking at pre-school software programs. One of his favorite things to do is sit on my lap when I'm playing "Roller Coaster Tycoon." He's fascinated with the computer, but could take or leave tv (although he's fond of SpongeBob and Elmo).
But, we're talking about the fact that homeschooling may be the best for him.
That and the myth your child will be a social retard, shambling around in a soiled diaper and drool covered chin...
BTW, God bless your father...
That too! The thing that gets me most about THAT particular myth is that in general (there are nutsy exceptions, of course) homeschoolers are BETTER socialized than public skool kids. As just one example, they socialize with people from all age groups (adults AND children) instead of an artificial society made up of just children their own age.
Don't worry about your kids g'nad. Not all of them turn out like their fathers...
Hobbit for a day?
they just take up valuable space that could be used for alcohol...
Sure you can! But that would defeat the purpose.
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