So, I am part of this networking site just for mothers called CafeMom.com and I love this place! NO men NO kids, just moms! They have tons of groups on there you can join for just about any and everything your interested in; including homeschool. Now they do have tons of homeschool groups in general but when I was looking to see if there was one that just had various homeschooling resources tested by homeschooling moms.........nope didn't have one..........so I created one.
Homeschooling Resources is the new group on CafeMom.com that all homeschoolers and those thinking about homeschooling can go to look up reviews on books, curriculum, and websites. It also allows moms to put their ideas and organization techniques up on the board. There is a place for lesson plans, unit studies, and websites. I just started in this past Sunday and we already have 61 members!!!! My hope is that it turns into a valuable resource within itself that thousands of homeschooling moms around the world can turn to when they need fresh ideas! If you would like to join you must be a cafemom.com member first (and it's free to sign up) and then you just go to this link and sign up
http://www.cafemom.com/group/homeschoolingresources
Also, I found out that I will be traveling up to Ohio for about 2 1/2 weeks from the 3rd of August till about the 20th to visit with family before my Fall internship for my degree starts. I was looking forward to just getting on a decent schedule with homeschooling Aurora at home but it looks like i'll be doing it for a few weeks up there; but hey that's ok, that is the beauty of homeschool.... you can do it anywhere.
I'll post when I get up there and let you all know how I am doing with it.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Working on getting organized and ready
So I just started this blog and I'm testing it out.
Right now I am working on getting some things organized to begin homeschooling in August after my Summer semester ends so that I can concentrate on her schooling and not mine. I'm really excited about getting started finally and begin pre-school lessons.
I know that someone might want to read this and follow the posts and maybe get some ideas on how to homeschool their kids, so for that reason I will give some background info on our family....
I am a wife of a active duty Air Force husband for the last 7 years, I myself was in the Air Force for 3 1/2 years when I got out to stay at home with Aurora. We live in NC right now, but that is the beauty of homeschooling.... wherever we go I can homeschool. Aurora just turned 4 in April, I will turn 27 in a few weeks. I am working on my associates degree right now, set to graduate next Spring. I grew up in Ohio and my husband grew up in upstate New York.
I choose to homeschool because I have pretty much lost all faith in the public school systems. Although, I do know that there are some decent ones out there, I would just prefer not to take any chances. I do not force homeschooling on anyone because it is not for everyone. I will answer any questions anyone has and help them in any way I can if they want and ask for it. We are not a religious family per say, although I do consider myself as a Pagan, my husband is more agnostic. I will not force my religion on my family, friends, or anyone else to include my daughter and how she learns. I fully intend when the time is right to teach her all of the major religions in the world and let her make her own choice when she is ready, if she chooses to have any religion at all.
I consider myself a very type A person: Organized, planning, scheduled, loyal, and won't take any shit kind of person. So right now I'm making sure all of my ducks are in a row before I begin with Aurora. I feel that the more I plan and organize the better prepared I will be to give her the best education I can provide. Although, I am willing to make any and all changes necessary to form around how my daughter learns. I consider my job is to educate her around what she needs, wants, and the different styles she may learn best from.
Now after saying all of this I must confess that I am nervous. I want this to work out so much that I am afraid of failing my daughter; but at the same time I understand that if there comes a time when I feel I am no longer adequate to give her the best education then I will hand it over to a private school hands. I do not consider myself a quitter by any means so I will do any and everything to try and make this work. I know I'm not perfect and I will make mistakes but that is part of the learning process for myself through all of this.
So anyway, I am not real great at keeping up with these sort of things but I will definitely try, but I will not post a whole lot until I actually start in August. And along the way I hope to make available of all the things I have created for Aurora and make it available to anyone that might want to use them too.
Right now I am working on getting some things organized to begin homeschooling in August after my Summer semester ends so that I can concentrate on her schooling and not mine. I'm really excited about getting started finally and begin pre-school lessons.
I know that someone might want to read this and follow the posts and maybe get some ideas on how to homeschool their kids, so for that reason I will give some background info on our family....
I am a wife of a active duty Air Force husband for the last 7 years, I myself was in the Air Force for 3 1/2 years when I got out to stay at home with Aurora. We live in NC right now, but that is the beauty of homeschooling.... wherever we go I can homeschool. Aurora just turned 4 in April, I will turn 27 in a few weeks. I am working on my associates degree right now, set to graduate next Spring. I grew up in Ohio and my husband grew up in upstate New York.
I choose to homeschool because I have pretty much lost all faith in the public school systems. Although, I do know that there are some decent ones out there, I would just prefer not to take any chances. I do not force homeschooling on anyone because it is not for everyone. I will answer any questions anyone has and help them in any way I can if they want and ask for it. We are not a religious family per say, although I do consider myself as a Pagan, my husband is more agnostic. I will not force my religion on my family, friends, or anyone else to include my daughter and how she learns. I fully intend when the time is right to teach her all of the major religions in the world and let her make her own choice when she is ready, if she chooses to have any religion at all.
I consider myself a very type A person: Organized, planning, scheduled, loyal, and won't take any shit kind of person. So right now I'm making sure all of my ducks are in a row before I begin with Aurora. I feel that the more I plan and organize the better prepared I will be to give her the best education I can provide. Although, I am willing to make any and all changes necessary to form around how my daughter learns. I consider my job is to educate her around what she needs, wants, and the different styles she may learn best from.
Now after saying all of this I must confess that I am nervous. I want this to work out so much that I am afraid of failing my daughter; but at the same time I understand that if there comes a time when I feel I am no longer adequate to give her the best education then I will hand it over to a private school hands. I do not consider myself a quitter by any means so I will do any and everything to try and make this work. I know I'm not perfect and I will make mistakes but that is part of the learning process for myself through all of this.
So anyway, I am not real great at keeping up with these sort of things but I will definitely try, but I will not post a whole lot until I actually start in August. And along the way I hope to make available of all the things I have created for Aurora and make it available to anyone that might want to use them too.
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