Comments on: A Typical Day in Our Homeschool, Part 1 http://www.semicolonblog.com/?p=864 Books we must have though we lack bread. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:13:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Semicolon http://www.semicolonblog.com/?p=864&cpage=1#comment-64999 Semicolon Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:32:35 +0000 /?p=864#comment-64999 [...] Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. [...] [...] Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. [...]

]]> By: Venomous Kate http://www.semicolonblog.com/?p=864&cpage=1#comment-61462 Venomous Kate Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:27:07 +0000 /?p=864#comment-61462 I hope you don't mind that I dropped in here. I'm probably not the kind of person you'd expect to find reading your blog, and yet I really needed to read something just like this tonight. I'm debating whether to home-school my 5-year-old son. Public school kindergarten is miserable for both of us, and I'm sick of crying each night after I put him to bed. I'd considered homeschooling before he was born, but the older he's grown the more his personality seemed too drastically different from the kind of child I thought would respond well to homeschooling. Turns out, I had a notion that all parents who homeschool are happy, unnaturally calm and infinitely patient sorts who cheerfully look up from kneading homemade bread to drill their preschool-aged children on Latinate conjugation. Yes, I realize I was a little off. Please don't be offended -- it wasn't homeschooling parents I was doubting: it was my self. Your post is helping me see that there's no standard of perfection out there, that our kids will be better for having been with us because we'll try harder for them than any teacher will. I hope you don’t mind that I dropped in here. I’m probably not the kind of person you’d expect to find reading your blog, and yet I really needed to read something just like this tonight. I’m debating whether to home-school my 5-year-old son. Public school kindergarten is miserable for both of us, and I’m sick of crying each night after I put him to bed. I’d considered homeschooling before he was born, but the older he’s grown the more his personality seemed too drastically different from the kind of child I thought would respond well to homeschooling.

Turns out, I had a notion that all parents who homeschool are happy, unnaturally calm and infinitely patient sorts who cheerfully look up from kneading homemade bread to drill their preschool-aged children on Latinate conjugation.

Yes, I realize I was a little off. Please don’t be offended — it wasn’t homeschooling parents I was doubting: it was my self.

Your post is helping me see that there’s no standard of perfection out there, that our kids will be better for having been with us because we’ll try harder for them than any teacher will.

]]> By: Susan http://www.semicolonblog.com/?p=864&cpage=1#comment-49446 Susan Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:47:58 +0000 /?p=864#comment-49446 Thanks so far for you record of you day. I'm just starting to figure out what our days are going to look like this year. I have finally given myself permission to start our day at 8:00 since thats when we usually get up. I read all these scheduling books aobut how mom needs to be up early and I've tried again and again but to fail each time and get discouraged. Then it hit me. It's my homeschool. I don't need to listen to others and be discouraged because I can't get up at 7:00. Now to read your other entries! Susan Thanks so far for you record of you day. I’m just starting to figure out what our days are going to look like this year. I have finally given myself permission to start our day at 8:00 since thats when we usually get up. I read all these scheduling books aobut how mom needs to be up early and I’ve tried again and again but to fail each time and get discouraged. Then it hit me. It’s my homeschool. I don’t need to listen to others and be discouraged because I can’t get up at 7:00. Now to read your other entries!
Susan

]]> By: Carrie K. http://www.semicolonblog.com/?p=864&cpage=1#comment-47984 Carrie K. Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:39:09 +0000 /?p=864#comment-47984 I'm looking forward to parts 2, 3, ?. I love reading about other homeschooling families and their "normal" days. I enjoy knowing that no one is really normal -- so that makes us okay! I’m looking forward to parts 2, 3, ?. I love reading about other homeschooling families and their “normal” days. I enjoy knowing that no one is really normal — so that makes us okay!

]]> By: Semicolon » A Typical Day in Our Homeschool, Part 4 http://www.semicolonblog.com/?p=864&cpage=1#comment-48219 Semicolon » A Typical Day in Our Homeschool, Part 4 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=864#comment-48219 [...] Day in Our Homeschool, Part 4 Posted by Sherry at 8:44 pm on August 18, 2005 Read <a href="http://www.semicolonblog.com/index.php?p=864">Part 1</a>, Part 2, and Part 3. Everyone else is percolating right along, but it’s lunchtime, a [...] [...] Day in Our Homeschool, Part 4

Posted by Sherry at 8:44 pm on August 18, 2005

Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Everyone else is percolating right along, but it’s lunchtime, a [...]

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