I'm enthusiastic about the classes offered this year. I'm thinking that there will be a lot to learn. I'm sitting in on the following lectures....
- Seven Tools For Culitvating Your Child's Potential (Zan Tyler!! WOHOO!)
- Home Schooling One Student? (Donna Conner)
- Give Your Children An Advantage In Science (Patty Myers)
- Ready, Set,....Now What? (Lyndsay Lambert!! Awesome!)
- The Bible Explains Dinosaurs (Ken Ham, this guy knows his stuff!)
I'm currently searching for ways to keep away from burnout. I'm aiming at success! But what does success mean? Does it mean that we get the whole book done and push to extremes? Nope! It means that we use the materials to cultivate and nurture the talents and strengths that our children already possess. That's the beauty of Home Education - to go beyond the school house and slate, and move out into creation, and explore even to the ends of the universe.
Keeping burnout in mind, see what The Moore Formula is all about. Great ideas!
THE FORMULA
1) Study from a few minutes to several hours a day, depending on the child's maturity.
2) Manual work at least as much as study.
3) Home and/or community service an hour or so a day. Focus on kids' interests and needs; be an example in consistency, curiosity, and patience. Live with them! Worry less about tests!
I love how this formula keeps it simple. I tend the get very caught up in the traditional and mundane. Of course, God didn't give me a "traditional" child. Goodness, He has an incredible sense of humor when creating our quintessential children. Slow down, keep it simple, pay attention to the little moments, and feel okay about going off on a tangere. What if we put all of our focus toward creating good citizens, strong Christians and explorers? Limitless possibilities.
Reads of the Week:
If You Want To Write, by Brenda Ueland- “a book about Art, Independence and Spirit.” a jillion stars
Nutrition 101: Choose Life!, by Debra Raybern, and other authors- “a family nutrition and health program” 5 stars
More on Nutrition 101....This book has so many facets that it can almost seem overwhelming when you dive in. It totally covers all of the many dimensions of the human body, but also deals with emotional health as well. It is backed with Scripture and has a Creationists point of view. There are countless recipes that are good! There are discussion questions, activities and additional resources (broken down for elementary and secondary levels), not to mention a plethora of Appendixes. You can use this in multiple approaches....full human anatomy science curriculum, health curriculum, resource book to go along with other science, even just as a bookshelf resource for your family's health. We are incorporating it this year as a health elective three to four days a week. It will take us almost two school years to complete at the pace we are using it. You can totally do it in one year if you use it as a sole science curriculum. I highly recommend this book for EVERY home. It is very much worth the price, as I can't really find an appropriate price tag for a gem this great. Get it today.... at Growing Healthy Homes. (10% off, as I hear it, at the THSC Convention this summer.)
Finds of the Week:
www.booksneeze.com - "get a free book, read it, review it on your blog, get another free one." RAD!
Scripture of the Week:
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."
Mark 12:30-NIV
"Two men look out through the same bars, one sees the mud, and one sees the stars".
Frederick Langbridge
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