A few weeks ago, my school hosted our Curriculum Night. Because I am job sharing this year, there were two teachers in our class on this particular evening. We both greeted families at the door. We both invited them to sign up for volunteering and class parties. We both shared our education, experience, and thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in September 2014 …
Should I Stay or Should I Go?!
Over the course of my years as a parent, I have gained weight and lost friends. In truth, I’m not as fun as I used to be. I’m not as spontaneous and I’m not as carefree. When you are a special needs parent, much of your energy is sucked up by the day-to-day and you are hesitant … Continue reading
Express Myself
I would be lying if I said that homeschooling took away all the frustrations. It is better… SO much better because of the breaks and the reduction of noise and crowds. He can eat and use the restroom when he needs to and he isn’t bumped by students in a narrow hall or busy lunchroom. We can … Continue reading
Roaming School Saturday
As part of our homeschooling experience, we try to use weekend getaways as a way to extend the learning that takes place during the week. For example, to go with our Washington State unit, we decided to travel East and see how the apples that we tasted earlier in the week (we did a blind taste test) were … Continue reading
September Mondays
Last night, we enjoyed Sunday S’mores. As we sat in our chairs under the white twinkle tree lights, we stared at the flames while also keeping a close eye on our toasting marshmallows. There were fewer words tonight and more thinking. This seemed to be our goodbye to summer. We had beautiful weather over the … Continue reading
Our New Normal
Most of you know that while this was “back to school” time for me professionally, it was also “Thank God We Can Home school” time for our family. As expected, I had mixed feelings. I welcomed many excited students back to school, while my own did not return to his neighborhood school. I saw all … Continue reading
My Twice Baked Potato 