Monday, April 30, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Why Homeschool?
I found these top 13 reasons to home school in my Homeschool magazine. Love it!
1. Studies show that home-schooled children average between the 80th and 90th percentile, regardless of the socio-economic background, or education level of the parents.
2. Great student teacher ratio.
3. Very good communication between the student, teacher and parents.
4. The student can't lie about their homework.
5. With a class size of one, they can't copy anybody else's work.
6. The curriculum is in perfect agreement with the values of the parents.
7. The children will not bring bad habits home from school.
8. The pace of learning will be geared to the ability of each child, not the lowest common denominator.
9. You don't have to fix lunch in the morning.
10. Children will be better adjusted socially if they don't learn social skills from their peers.
11. Without peer pressure, they learn to think for themselves, not just parrot what the "group wants to hear".
12. Every educator agrees that parental involvement is the key to success in a child's education. How could one be more involved?
13. Your child will never be "just a number" in the classroom.
1. Studies show that home-schooled children average between the 80th and 90th percentile, regardless of the socio-economic background, or education level of the parents.
2. Great student teacher ratio.
3. Very good communication between the student, teacher and parents.
4. The student can't lie about their homework.
5. With a class size of one, they can't copy anybody else's work.
6. The curriculum is in perfect agreement with the values of the parents.
7. The children will not bring bad habits home from school.
8. The pace of learning will be geared to the ability of each child, not the lowest common denominator.
9. You don't have to fix lunch in the morning.
10. Children will be better adjusted socially if they don't learn social skills from their peers.
11. Without peer pressure, they learn to think for themselves, not just parrot what the "group wants to hear".
12. Every educator agrees that parental involvement is the key to success in a child's education. How could one be more involved?
13. Your child will never be "just a number" in the classroom.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Friday the 13th.....A Perfect Day in the Life of Kelly
Today was amazing. I mean that. Ahhhh, the sweet feeling of contentment. Here's how it went.
David got up with the kids and let me sleep in until 8:37am. It was the first time I've slept in in weeks.
The kids didn't put up much of a fight getting ready this morning. Hair got combed, teeth got brushed, and clothes put on with hardly any arguing. They even ate their breakfast without any badgering from me.
Stopped by McDonald's to get an iced coffee and since the kids were being so sweet I bought them one each.
Went by Mardel. The kids played with the puppets while I shopped around the store for a bit, they even played quietly and nicely with each other AND even helped picked up the puppets when they were done (well, Benjamin did).
When it was time to leave, Benjamin helped me corral Savannah and there was minimal resistance when I said it was time to go.
For lunch they ate all of their lunch with almost no nagging from me.
They've enjoyed playing with shaving cream, whipped cream, the water hose, and a caterpillar (all outside of course) for a very lengthy amount of time. Which allowed me to surf the web and read my homeschooling book. They are very wet and stinky now but it has been every bit worth it.
The icing on the cake....Benjamin has told me a couple of times today just out of the blue that he loves me.....warm fuzzies.
Now, we're just waiting on Daddy to get home so we can eat at Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner.
Yay for a GREAT day! :)
Hope it continues because it's not over yet!
Soooo, to be continued...........
David got up with the kids and let me sleep in until 8:37am. It was the first time I've slept in in weeks.
The kids didn't put up much of a fight getting ready this morning. Hair got combed, teeth got brushed, and clothes put on with hardly any arguing. They even ate their breakfast without any badgering from me.
Stopped by McDonald's to get an iced coffee and since the kids were being so sweet I bought them one each.
Went by Mardel. The kids played with the puppets while I shopped around the store for a bit, they even played quietly and nicely with each other AND even helped picked up the puppets when they were done (well, Benjamin did).
When it was time to leave, Benjamin helped me corral Savannah and there was minimal resistance when I said it was time to go.
For lunch they ate all of their lunch with almost no nagging from me.
They've enjoyed playing with shaving cream, whipped cream, the water hose, and a caterpillar (all outside of course) for a very lengthy amount of time. Which allowed me to surf the web and read my homeschooling book. They are very wet and stinky now but it has been every bit worth it.
The icing on the cake....Benjamin has told me a couple of times today just out of the blue that he loves me.....warm fuzzies.
Now, we're just waiting on Daddy to get home so we can eat at Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner.
Yay for a GREAT day! :)
Hope it continues because it's not over yet!
Soooo, to be continued...........
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Movie Night
David and I had a rare date night...what I mean is we rarely go to the movies on date night. I'm not a big movie watcher. However, we were excited to help support the movie "Monumental". Great movie. Well done. Well said. I love how Christians blew Hollywood's minds away with our turnout. Can we now, please, get some descent moral movies? I think we've proven that we're craving them so keep 'em coming. If you're one of the lucky ones where it's playing in a theater near you, don't miss it.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Happy 3rd Birthday Savannah
We celebrated Savannah's 3rd birthday at Joe's Crabshack (just like we did Ben's 3rd birthday 2 years ago). The theme was Hello Kitty.
She had to sport the Hello Kitty jacket for her Hello Kitty party!
Mommy and birthday girl.
How old are you Savannah?
Savannah making sand angels in the sand.
Riley, Savannah, Benjamin
Peek-a-Boo!
She had to sport the Hello Kitty jacket for her Hello Kitty party!
Mommy and birthday girl.
How old are you Savannah?
Savannah making sand angels in the sand.
Riley, Savannah, Benjamin
Peek-a-Boo!
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