Not Another Homeschool Blog

The carnival blog website has been down for a few days.  This is why I am late getting this carnival together.  The site is actually still down so I am piecing the carnival together.    Education in many aspects involved piecing together many parts to make a whole.  Hence the name of this carnival. Bellringers (Carol Richtsmeier) presents Not It! Not It! Not It! posted at Bellringers . Madeleine Begun Kane presents Why I?ll Never Be A Supreme Court Justice posted at Mad Kane's Political Madness . Candace Hackett Shively presents Teacher Moms posted at Think Like a Teacher . Candace Hackett Shively presents When learning becomes poetry posted at Think Like a Teacher . Rose, the Craft Pro presents Free & Easy Recycled Baby Sock Craft Idea posted at Fine Craft Guild .com . Michaele Sommerville presents Asking for Parent Input posted at Kindergarten's 3 R's: Respect, Resources and Rants . Nicole presents The Spout — posted at The Spout ...

This is the natural progression of raising multiple homeschooling kids.  The first learns their lessons through mom, tutors, and outside teachers... and it is an excellent investment.  I was prepared to spend the same money for tutoring and outside classes for my second child, but the first ended up tutoring her.  He didn't tutor her on purpose, but she knows that if she has a question she should ask him, and he had no problem coaching her through rough spots. She learns with the help of her sibling, and he reinforces what he knows. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Check out FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE for free homeschool links and resources

I spent the morning searching for a dress for my daughter to go to the spring formal.  It is open to all of the high school homeschoolers that attend 2 local Arts and /or Academic programs, so there will be plenty of kids she knows there.  She just finishing her freshman years so she is not worried about a date, nor did she get a typical full length prom dress, but the dress certainly is pretty.  Maybe I will post a picture later.  My son is passing on the event ... we may have to FORCE him to go next year when he is a Junior. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Check out FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE for free homeschool links and resources

Today was graduation day for Artios Academies.  4 of my children's classmates graduated and all are heading to college.  It was an excellent program and ceremony (although I missed a bit) Each of the 4 students of the Arts conservatory, performed a 15 minute set (the art student did a short film) and had an art gallery.  Then there was the reception, and awards. Then there was the cap and gown diploma portion. As the parent of underclassmen, I worked on setting up and breaking down the reception hall... it took much of the entire week, mentally, and in time as well.  Here is a glipse of the reception hall where hordevours were served and awards (for high school student in general) were given. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Check out FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE for free homeschool links and resources

 If you read my last post, you will know that my son is a rising Jr.  My 13 year old daughter is only 1 year behind him.  Her plan for finishing high school is a little less clear.  I do know that while he is taking the calculus  and physics route with plans to study computer science and graphics, she is a much more a practical thinking person (versus theoretical) who wants to be an actor and costume designer.  Plus she is already frustrated with Algebra, so I am worried about Algebra 2 and Calculus.  After a conversation with her and my husband, here is how I think it will go: Grade 10: ~*Continue Algebra 1, then study for Algebra Clep Test.  This will equate to Algebra 1 plus College level Algebra 1 ~Biology (non majors biology hippocampus) ~Spanish 2 ~Intro to Chinese ~Modern Literature ~Study for US History 1 Clep Exam & then do US History 2 ~Artios Academies for chorus, Christian World View, Musical Theater, Musical The...