http://redseahomeschool.wordpress.com Domestic Adventures and Homeschool Miracles Sat, 17 May 2008 03:52:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm feeling cranky for reasons I know many of you would get -- I am not feeling well, and doctors suck. I'm sorry, I know I just offended my husband's entire family -- including my husband, because he told me so this morning -- but I have never really ... http://redseahomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/id-rather-be-quirky-than-cranky/ We've been trying a new resource lately, and I'm ready to report our initial response. I had never heard of Royal Fireworks Press or Michael Clay Thompson until commenter Kit suggested the RFWP/MCT curriculum. I had a really hard time choosing the right level. The suggested grade levels listed for each text ... http://redseahomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/word-within-the-word/ I've never been quite satisfied with our childcare arrangements and how that fits with homeschooling. It's not that our nannies haven't been good -- they have. But we're ready to make a change now. Mainly, the girls are getting older, and I don't like to see them -- especially Violet, now 9 ... http://redseahomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/a-new-era/ I'm not anywhere fun, like Barcelona (!), I'm just sick. Bleah. Just a cold, mom, don't worry too much! But I need all the energy I have just to get through the day -- none left for blogging. What's been happening Chez Nous? -- Planning meeting for a group of families that ... http://redseahomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/checked-out/ I know I'm supposed to be sensitive to the reality that teenagers are sexual beings and that attempts to deny their sexuality are about adults' weird hangups. Still, to this whole Miley Cyrus thing, I say no way. We had already stayed away from the Hannah Montana clothes, especially the leopard ... http://redseahomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/no-no-and-no/ Eggmaster's attempt to get us a sitter and out for a movie (Harold and Kumar . . . *blush*) didn't work out, so instead I am lazing around on the internets while he reads to Violet who is up way too late. (We had an *incident* involving many ... http://redseahomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/a-few-favorites/ Oh man, I just don't have the strength to update here. Even when I read a recent article from a Va. newspaper -- But I believe it is time for someone to fight for the students who lose role models and friends to the "smart" classes and internalize their exclusion ... http://redseahomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/and-im-spent/ Stanley Fish tries again . . . and I think I take the view of this commentor. I was interested to read Fish's follow up, because something has been on my mind since the last time. Fish is going to end up with well over 1000 comments on his ... http://redseahomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/and-a-footnote-to-french-theory/ Again with the unschooling/homeschooling . . . [I posted this a couple of days ago, then I took it down. I was trying to express that my privileged perspective on homeschooling might give me a more simplistic view of the whole "label issue" than others would have, but I started to ... http://redseahomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/a-footnote-on-the-unhomeschooling-discussion/ I forgot to add that my thoughts on straddling different groups (should we call that having a wide stance? ;) ) were also fostered by reading Elsie Deluxe's post on homeschooling and professional teaching. She has a helpful perspective on how the two are different, and why it's unhelpful ... http://redseahomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/a-bit-more-on-betwixt-and-between/