I'm living in a state of distraction this week, from two causes:
1. poor Snorzy is under the weather, with a bad cold that leaves him whining and demanding my attention (and somehow it's made his nap more of a hit-or-miss affair than usual so I don't have that almost guaranteed hour or more to get things done on the days that we're home all afternoon)
2. I had an irritating letter from the local school, questioning the quarterly report that I sent in for Primo. Calling the coordinator for homeschooling in the district yielded a 'don't worry, I'll call the principal about it, you don't need to re-submit anything', but at the same time the whole situation has left me shook up and unhappy about homeschooling here in a state where we have to do a lot of reporting to the local district.
Even so, I managed to get in under the wire (on Monday) with a very quick little project so that I wouldn't lose steam in my self-imposed craft challenge. I made a sewing machine mounted pin cushion, to give me a handy place to stick all the pins I need to remove as I'm sewing something big like the sheet from the week before.
Last night I was searching Pinterest for middle school homeschooling ideas, and found something called CNN Student News, a ten minute news report with comprehension and discussion questions in an easy-to-use format. Happy doesn't begin to describe it, I've been wanting to do 'current events' lessons with the kids since we started homeschooling, but even our little local weekly paper always has stories in it that I'd rather they didn't see. This morning we read the questions, they watched the video, then they took turns answering the questions and we got into a little bit of discussion about some of the news items. They loved it, and so did I! There's nothing like finding a new homeschooling resource, and successfully implementing it. Joy!
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ReplyDeleteI'm sure that I will find a multitude of things to amaze me on your blog....thanks for the heads up, now I can see what little dickens' your kids are! ha ha Rock on Momma!
love the blog, so much activity makes me dizzy. Where do you get the energy for all the things you do? keep posting, I'll be watching this week...Love to you and kidlets.!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading! Check back soon, I'll be talking about that apron I'm reverse engineering :)
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