Here's giving a shout out to all those little homeschool perks that we usually don't think about. For instance: Right now, all four of my boys are sleeping. At 10 am. They did not sleep in, but decided about an hour ago that they needed to go back to bed. So one's on the loveseat, one's on the couch, one's in his bed, and the baby is in my bed. If they (well, the two old enough) were in public school they would have had to ignore their bodies' cues and attempt to trudge through the day, probably getting yelled at for putting their heads on their desks.
My "random perk" for the day is, I just got back from getting my hair cut, by myself! I left the youngest two home with one of the older DS. If the older two ds where in ps, I would have to take the little ones with me.
My random perk is that when my boys are hungry they can eat! Doesn't matter what they are doing, they can get up and eat, which makes them better able to learn because their bellies are full and their brain has energy.
I love this idea of listing our random perks! Mine is that for home ec, I get help with the house work! and I like Amie's too. mine are the same way.
It is 12:35 here, and I'm still in my PJ's!!! Even with homeschooling, this is a rare perk for me, as we're usually running all over. Today I'm suppose to have science co-op here, but the gal teaching has her son's b-day party tomorrow and begged off. (There's only three of us, so we can be accomodating!) Phillip's gone, but the girls and I are all still in PJ's!!!
Perks huh? Kids help me clean, get to cuddle late in bed, no rush to iron clothes, no packing of lunches, no signing of agenda books for kids in grade one! Endless conversation with smart little people , funny jokes all day long, no waiting for the always late school bus, and the very best perk is being able to teach them in a fun and enjoyable way. I love teaching them
Ours - our oldest has been missing his dad lately during the day. Dad's coming home from work early today....and schooling can WAIT for another day.
My ds14 took a nap after lunch today. Hmmmm....today's random perk....Dh is off work today, so he worked on subjects with ds14 while I took dd11 for a couple dr. appointments.
I just love not having to get up so early to get ready for ps. Today's perk, along with sleeping in a little, was making cookies with ds and calling it school.
Perks: Not having to worry about my kids getting bullied at school. I get to homeschool Paddy and not have to worry about if someone understands him and his needs or just ignores them and does what they want instead. Long afternoon naps Having my babies help me make bread and cookies during the day instead of just doing it by myself! Cuddling before naptime!!
My Random perk pick of the week is; ds could take math test at 330 when I remembered he had not done it yet after co op! He did a great job even though he had been playing for 2 hours already ( we usually skip the rest of school on co op days) T a da! What fun!
Random perk: dh had the day off yesterday so we "canceled" school for the day and we will make it up today or tomorrow!
Random perk: Photographing the changing color of the fall leaves can count as a learning moment. Whoo Hoo!!!!
Our random perk is that we can take a day off in the middle of the week when we need a break and then have school on Sat. while daddy is working. I love being able to move days around to suit our schedule.
Faythe can go and help her g'ma (whose health is not good) clean house on a school day. Faythe is getting paid a little to do this, plus she also benefits by spending time with my mom.
We went to the mountains for vacation Thursday night and came back last night. He did one day of school on the computer, and then we did 2 really good fun and educational activities while we were there and they count as school days too!!! Woo-hoo!
I love that we can take our break/lunch swimming in the pool while it is in the 80-90's and still call it PE!
OH! yeah, I love that my kid can play fall ball and call it PE, they do at least 6 hours a week of games plus two of pregame practice, thtas 8 hours of PE a week!
8 hours!?! Wow!! In PS around here they only get 50 min, and in private only get less than 2. (And they blame the food in the cafeteria for the weight issues... but that's another thread.) I wonder, do y'all only count it as PE if it's a game with rules they are playing? I count trampoline time, biking, swinging, karate, kicking the ball around the yard with me, anything physical really.
yep, Anything even walking if you track how many hours you are doing it counts as PE, our private school teacher explained to me what counts, he homeschooled his own kids so that helps
