All Blog Posts Tagged 'kids' (8)

i love how conversations amble along…you start in one place and end up down the street in a completely different neighborhood. yesterday, silas and i had a conversation like that. we were in the car on the way home from the orthodontist and somehow we started talking about moving, i think because scotty is finishing school this year and there was some brief discussion the night before about “what if we had to move away if he got a job somewhere else, etc.” he asked why people always want to…

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last year, samuel started recording music in his bedroom. he was frustrated with not being able to find anyone to start a band with and decided to just do it all…

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The Rise of mini Engineers

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Oh my goodness! Many of my friends know the story of how we came to become Unschoolers. Many have read the stories of my children and shed tears for them. And along with the tears, they have shared the joys with them that homeschooling/unschooling/escape from the system has brought with it. When we realized that the standard route wasn't going to work, I was frantic on what we were going to do. I will admit to wondering just what was wrong with us that we were so different that the standard…

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I have been letting the kids figure out for themselves what they need to do without interfering in their process.

Funny thing is that I thought I was already doing this, however when i REALLY let go, I discovered something pretty incredible ,,, how much I DID interfere! lol.



So, for instance going for a walk used to mean that we all had to go, as it was best to get outside and get some exercise. But this past winter, I was met with Such resistance, that the giant pit in my… Continue

i just finished doing the grade reports for the end of the semester...for the first time. it was easier than i thought it would be!!! we decided this year to go with homelife academy to get ourselves ready for the fact that, starting next year, we would not be able to homeschool samuel since he will be high school aged. in tennessee, if you do not have a bachelor's degree, you cannot homeschool a high school aged child. the only way around this is… Continue

1. What is something that Mom always says to you?

i love you - samuel

you say a lot of things - silas

i love you - sadie



2. What makes Mom happy?

us - silas

living in our own house - samuel

art, making necklaces - samuel

singing and dancing - sadie

hot fries - silas



3. What makes Mom sad?

us not being around - sadie

if we fight - samuel



4. How does Mom make you laugh?

says funny things - samuel



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