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We're a military family, which means our pater familias works irregular shifts and is periodically required to spend many weeks away from home. Homeschooling allows us to spend time together as a family no matter what shift The Man is working. Working nights? No problem. We can see him during the day. Working weekends? No problem. We can see him during the week. Long deployment? Well, that is a problem, but being able to take a month off school at either end makes it more bearable. Plus, homeschooling means at least one thing will remain consistent for the little goobers throughout The Man's military career. Sure, they have to find new friends every time we move, but they don't have to adjust to a new math program or classroom pecking order.
And I won't lie. My kids would probably still be in school if the schools weren't such a big, giant pain in the ass. And even then I'd probably put up with it if I had even the slightest hope that the big, giant pain in the ass would eventually result in reasonably well-educated children. Sadly, I've seen our school's textbooks, and it just wasn't going to happen. So here we are. Sure, I ended up trading one ass pain for another, but my kids have access to (and sometimes even read) real books, and I don't get any notes home from the teacher about what sort of expensive new shoes I have to buy for gym class or how concerned the administration is because JellyMan doesn't care to participate in the touchy-feely project of the week.
The Goobers' Curriculum
My Curriculum
- Saxon Math
- Henle Latin/Lingua Latina
- Athenaze Book I (who was I kidding?)
Helpful Homeschooling Links
- Donna Young - if you need it, Donna has it.
- The Well-Trained Mind - it's a love/hate thing.
- Guilt-Free Homeschooling - it'll be okay.
- The Latin Centered Curriculum - this is where we're headed.
- Radical Unschooling: Strewing - it really works, whether you unschool or not.
- Lapbooking on Squidoo - we don't like making lapbooks, but this is a great resource.
- Notebooking on Squidoo - similar to lapbooking, only better. (For us.)
- The Military Homeschooler - fairly self-explanatory.
- My Homeschooling Posts - perhaps not as helpful as the rest, but I do what I can.
Nifty Homeschooling Blogs