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In my last post I told you that I would get some ideas from a friend of mine that has taught art. Here is one she sent me. Easy First Day Art Project.  For boys you could have them draw Medieval shields instead of the flowers. What a neat idea!   We start school this coming week, I am excited, nervous, thrilled and not fully prepared yet...lol. We are in the process of finishing up 4-H records and getting the club scrapbook put together. So lots of stuff to do this Labor Day weekend. Have a good one! Moe

  Why is it that most back to school pictures and ads contain art supplies? Most public schools do not incorporate art into their education, so why should we? Are we as homeschoolers incorporating art into our home education? BIG gasp here!   I may have just stepped on a lot of toes here, but I think I fear art more than I fear Algebra! lol. I know nothing about color wheels nor do I have any clue about the critical pedagogy of art. Nevertheless, I do like to shop at Hobby Lobby and Michael's...lol...and I have a ton of art supplies, brand new and still in the package!     Nowhere in my home will you find glitter, I despise the stuff. I remember the day my little man got his official title of "Homeschooler." I breathed a sigh of relief and said to myself, "Never will there EVER be another glitter covered art project brought into this home!" YEAH!   You know the evil glitter; it goes everywhere, gets on everything, including our bodies. L...

Lee Binz, The Home Scholar has got a great list of No-No's for us homeschooling Mothers. I really think this list is good; it has some tough subjects and makes you think. #3 Spoke to me, I was thinking that homeschooling high school would be totally different than homeschooling grade school but it is not. I just shiver when I hear homeschoolers say that they will be putting their children back in school for high school. Why undo everything that you have done by putting them back in school? There are so many resources out there for high school and it can and does work. Your child will have more time to explore the their passions and what drives them. They can job shadow and take part in real on the job learning, so that when/if they decide on college they will have a better understanding of what they need to be focusing on. We have had so many doctors give the Homeschooled Young Man tips on what to do/what not to do as well as their thoughts on what they did and how they ...

  What is the true price of home education? Not in terms of dollars and cents, but in terms of what it really takes to home educate: dollars & sense. Are you willing to pay the price? Read on... The Homeschooled Young Man's hero ever since the 4th grade has been Dr. Ben Carson, MD. If you get the chance watch his movie Gifted Hands, we have watched it several times and I am so not a movie watching person...lol. Dr. Ben Carson also has an autobiography book for younger kids and a book called America The Beautiful, which is good for teens and adults. A homeschool friend was able to help me secure 2 tickets to see Dr. Ben Carson speak. During that time the Homeschooled Young Man was able to meet Dr. Ben, shake his hand, get his picture taken with him and get his autograph. Let me just say that this might have been the highlight of his homeschooling career! I think this may be a close runner up to meeting Dr. Jay Wile, PhD, who authored the Home...

A while back I was with the Homeschooled Young Man at a Civil War Re-Encactment that he was acting in and my cell phone rang. It was one of my doctors calling me with a report. Of course it was VERY loud on my end with all excitment that goes on with a re-enactment. The doctor asked me where I was and I explained we had taken the day off from school to participate in the re-enactment. Doctor looks out his office window and he can see the general area that we are in and he says "Wow, your son gets to do the coolest things!" As parents we can all offer up cool opportunities for our children to experience, but it's so much easier to just put them on that big yellow bus and let someone else handle it all.   Are you considering home education for your child this coming school year? It's not too late, even if you have already registered them for the big yellow school bus. You can do it!! Let me know how I can help you. Moe