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Homeschooling is Integrated Into My Life

As homeschooling becomes more and more integrated into my life I find the need to journal about it less and less. So I have to apologize to anyone dying to know what homeschooling is like. It is a lifestyle... plain and simple. Anyway, here is where we are right now. We had a rough year curriculum wise. The kids Started out using an online site that became less and less homeschool friendly as the public schools took it over. So we switched to the basics and used a "textbook" that shows what your kids should know each year. We are finishing those books this week and beginning preparation for standardized tests. School Zone has great $2.00 workbooks that cover all the basics and are great for review. I will let you know how the testing comes out. For next year, Jack will be in a middle school program called Cordis which is an extension of his arts and history enrichment program called Masters Academy of Fine arts. So basically he will be in "school" 2 days a week and ...