Welcome to my series on homeschooling through the holidays as a highly sensitive homeschooler. Today is Day 1 - Homeschooling. Homeschooling in December It's no secret that homeschooling can sometimes be difficult for a highly sensitive person under normal conditions. Add in the holidays, and BAM (Oooo, sorry.... bam) and you have a recipe for … Continue reading Surviving the Holidays Part 1 – The Homeschooling
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2015-2016 Curriculum
Just like I can't believe it is August already, I can't believe we are entering the 2015-2016 school year! Just yesterday I was a little kid thinking I'd be ancient in the year 2000 (31! Old as the dinosaurs!), and now I really am ancient and it's 2015. 🙂 I expect George Jetson to … Continue reading 2015-2016 Curriculum
New School Year
https://instagram.com/p/52M-0ipvWF/?taken-by=me.the.seeker You'd think, after 13+ "first days of school," I'd know better than to expect a lot out of today. I even made it a short day, with few expectations. At least few stated expectations. Apparently what my mouth says and what my mind wants are two totally different things. I think I expected this … Continue reading New School Year
What We Are Using This Year: The Rest of Them
Always one to fall into the trap of treating my kids as a group, I've pretty much lumped the youngest three together as far as what we are doing for homeschooling this school year. I'm not usually proud of that "group think,", but it's working for us this year! These youngest three are: Julia, 11 and in 6th … Continue reading What We Are Using This Year: The Rest of Them
What we are using this year: 11th grade
2014-2015 will be my 12th official year of homeschooling. I didn't think that was a big deal, until this summer when sitting with other mothers from our Classical Conversations group. They are a younger group for the most part, and there were some ooohs and aaahs during introductions when I said how long we had been … Continue reading What we are using this year: 11th grade
A Day in the Life of this Highly Sensitive Homeschooler
Sharing a pretty typical homeschooling day in the life of me: a highly sensitive, introverted, gifted (read: excitabilities), middle-aged, tired homeschooler, with 5 kids from 16-6...several of whom are sensitive/gifted/introverted as well. Then there are the extroverts, setting us all off, LOL. I tried to keep a record of how I was feeling and what … Continue reading A Day in the Life of this Highly Sensitive Homeschooler
The Homeschool Styles vs. HSP Series #3: Montessori
Welcome to the third post in my Homeschooling Styles vs. Highly Sensitive People series: Montessori Homeschooling. Montessori schooling is something that is traditionally done in a school building with a trained Montessori teacher and a structured, prepared environment. However, with patience, self-education, and hard work, the Montessori style can possibly be brought successfully into … Continue reading The Homeschool Styles vs. HSP Series #3: Montessori
Things I Learned from Putting My Kids in School
As I'm sure I've said ad nauseum already, this past year I put my youngest four (of five) children into our local Catholic school after homeschooling them all from the beginning. They entered 8th grade, 5th, 3rd, and Kindergarten. My 10th grader stayed home. As far as schools go, this one had a good reputation … Continue reading Things I Learned from Putting My Kids in School
The Homeschool Styles vs. HSP Series #2: Literature Rich
Welcome to the second post in my Homeschooling vs. the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) series: Literature-Rich Programs. The first post in the series School at Home, can be found here. --------------------------------------------------------------------- There are many types of homeschooling that use literature, but for the purposes of this post, I'm going to focus on the programs … Continue reading The Homeschool Styles vs. HSP Series #2: Literature Rich
The Homeschool Styles vs. HSP Series #1: “School at Home”
Welcome to the first post in my Homeschool Styles vs. HSP Series: "School at Home" Many homeschoolers, particularly new homeschoolers and those with only younger children, select a homeschooling style commonly known as "school at home" or traditional schooling. This style, in general, replicates what was typically the parents' experience in their brick and mortar … Continue reading The Homeschool Styles vs. HSP Series #1: “School at Home”