Attendance reporting for this year is done... No. We don't do sick days.

Just finished filling out attendance sheets for the rest of the year.  
I scheduled them to be emailed on the appropriate days.
At the end of April, we will have made the 180 school day requirement.
No.  nothing will change, so I felt comfortable filling them out in advance.

We don't do sick days.  If the kids get sick, I put them on the couch and hand them a book or put on some educational videos.  This is homeschooling people... real life.  They never stop learning, even when they feel a little yucky.

If something changes drastically, I can always cancel the scheduled email and make changes anyway... but at the end of it all, we do wayyyy more than 180 days a school year, so I am not worried about the details.

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It's tech week!... and other stuff

Tech week starts Saturday.  My daughter will have drama club rehearsal and set building every.single.day and for many hours each day.  All other learning will stop.  It will be hard for me to work.  We will be eating, sleeping, buying junk food and fast food, and getting back to business.

In anticipation of this production of Annie Get Your Gun, some of the boys in the drama club made a funny video.  Link here: 

oh, and here's my daughters finished ball gown for the show. We did some costume reshuffling.  Her purple ball gown was remodeled to be  her can-can outfit.  The top to the can-can outfit and underskirt are now the ballgown.  (We added alot of lace trim)


 In other news, the ACT is coming up a week after the show.  My sons (my son and his friend) practice test scores look very good.  Here's to hoping they don't panic on the test.

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As the year winds down

 As the school year winds down, I find my schedule filling up. 

We need to re-work drama club costumes for the play.

Finish up our curriculum for the year.(We might actually take the summer off!)

Get my son ready for his ACT

and so much more.

I planned to get the curriculum finished early because I knew the end of the school year was going to be hectic. I was right.

And when all of this is done, I need to finalize educational plans for the kids Jr. and Sr. years of homeschooling.

Yikes!

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Making Theater Costumes

 If I could ride a bike I would say that learning to use the sewing machine again was as easy as riding a bike.  I guess I could say it was easier.

In a weeks time, we have made a Western Costume, for Annie Get Your Gun as well as a skirt for her Can-can costume, and altered a ball gown.  My daughter is circle-skirt queen, so I am just sewing on the ruffles which she finds tedious and doing the waistbands.

I also had to alter an outfit to make it more Disco for a different performance.


 As my daughter wants to study Theater and costuming in college, and I really enjoyed sewing this week, I am seriously considering making and selling costumes on Ebay, especially with the web-content business being shaky right now.  (Google changed algorithms and my pay per-read article income got cut.

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Carnival of Homeschooling: Thanks for the Inspiration

Welcome to the March 1, 2011 edition of carnival of homeschooling.


I am happy to be hosting the Carnival of Homeschooling once again.  As a homeschooler of 8+ years, I find the Carnival as my best source of inspiration and education when it comes to homeschooling.  From new Ideas to encouragement, you fellow homeschoolers truly inspire me.  I am entitling this Carnival, Thanks for the Inspiration for that reason.  I am truly appreciative.

Here is this week's Carnival: 


Teaching and Learning:

Katherine presents storytime hits posted at No Fighting, No Biting!, saying, "Big kids enjoy (and learn from) storytime as much as preschoolers."



Elena LaVictoire presents The necessities of kindergarten posted at My Domestic Church.

nak presents Economics for Nine-Year-Olds : The Mississipi Bubble posted at Sage Parnassus.


Carol J. Alexander presents Homesteading Homeschoolers--Meet the Beachy's posted at Everything Home...with Carol.

Nadine presents Partnered Reading~ moments I treasure at Practical pages

Team work:


Jennifer in OR presents A Peek into a Homeschool Co-op posted at Diary of 1.

Linda Dobson presents Five More Ways the Learning Coach Approach Is Different from Traditional Teaching posted at PARENT AT THE HELM, saying.

Projects:


Jennifer presents Completion posted at a glimpse of our life.


Miss Nirvana presents Watch Our Bean Plant Grow Up Close posted at Nirvana Homeschooling, saying, "Fun project to get us ready for Spring. Include microscope images."

Ina presents ROMAN MOSAICS AND OUR DAY at Ina's 5 & Our Native Homeschool blog, saying  "It was an intellectual day. From the discussion of poetry (pop music), to social issues to Roman mosaics"

Miss Nirvana presents Watch Our Bean Plant Grow Up Close posted at Nirvana Homeschooling.

Brandy Ferrell presents Studying South Korea posted at Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood, saying, "Involving Daddy in homeschooling, even when he's across the world!"

Encouragement:

Dan presents Letter From a Concerned Mother posted at Opting Out.

Mrs. White presents The Legacy of Home: Going to Meeting posted at The Legacy of Home.

Renae presents Thankful Monday Morning posted at Life Nurturing Education.

Barbara Frank presents Self-Control Has Long-Lasting Benefits at Barbara Frank Online, saying Recent studies show more benefits of self-control...and the best place children can develop self-control is in the home.


Nadene presents Partnered Reading ~ moments I treasure « Practical Pages posted at PracticalPages, saying, "Partnered reading - special homeschooling moments I treasure!"

e-Mom presents Mary Mohler in the Spotlight posted at C h r y s a l i s ღ, saying, "Five Quotes from Mary Mohler's article "Motherhood Matters.""

Carletta  presents Mom's Dirty Little Secret 2 Bad Kids at Successful Homeschooling Blog. 

Homeschooling and Money:

Money Crashers Blog presents 7 Costs of Homeschooling - Homeschool Curriculum, Programs & Books posted at Money Crashers, saying, "Here are 7 expenses you should keep in mind if you are considering homeschooling your child."

The blogger who wrote the last post is planning to homeschool in the future.  It is only fitting that that post is followed by a veteran homeschooler with a slightly different viewpoint.

Cristina Payne presents Home Spun comic strip #585 posted at Home Spun Juggling, saying, "Comic and article where I ponder, "Can we afford to homeschool?""

Personally, It is the post homeschool years that have me quaking in my boots:  Andrea Hermitt presents Changes to the HOPE Scholarship at Notes from a Homeschooling Mom, adding... here's more on this subject: HOPE Scholarhip, Budget Cuts, and Homeschoolers.


Resources:

Amber Morris presents Time Management posted at The Mommy Earth.

Robin Phillips presents Home School Astronomy and NASA: A Fresh Serving Every Day posted at Crack the Egg.

Henry Cate presents Do you live near Santa Ana, California?  At Why Homeschool



Things to Think About:


Arby presents Pinky, We're Going to Take Over the World! posted at The Homeschool Apologist.


ChristineMM presents To Ponder: Race to Nowhere Post Screening Discussion posted at The Thinking Mother, saying, "ChristineMM of The Thinking Mother shares videos of discussions after a screening of the documentary Race to Nowhere and shares her thoughts about education."


Jamie Gaddy presents TOP SECRET ISSUE...RE: Creative Writing - Blogs - Parent Community and Forum posted at Homeschool Online, saying, "Need an interesting way to get your children writing creatively? Take a peek to find my favorite idea!"

Thanks Again!

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