Monday, December 8, 2008

The Fourteen Days of Homeschooling

I got this in my email, we all loved it!
"THE FOURTEEN DAYS OF HOMESCHOOLING"
written by a homeschool mom and her kids

(Sing this to the tune of "THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS")

On the first day of home school my neighbor said to me, "Can you home school legally?"
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On the second day of home school my neighbor said to me, "Are they socialized, can you home school legally?"
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On the third day of home school my neighbor said to me, "Do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you home school legally?"
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On the fourth day of home school my neighbor said to me, "What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you home school legally?"
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On the fifth day of home school my neighbor said to me, "YOU ARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you home school legally?"
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On the Sixth day of home school my neighbor said to me, "How long will you home school, YOU ARE S0 STRANGE, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you home school legally?"
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On the seventh day of home school my neighbor said to me, "Look at what they're missing, how long will you home school, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you home school legally?"
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On the eighth day of home school my neighbor said to me, "Why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you home school, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, what about P.E. do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you home school legally?"
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On the ninth day of home school my neighbor said to me, "They'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you home school, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you home school legally?"
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On the tenth day of home school my neighbor said to me, "What about graduation, they'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you home school, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you home school legally?"
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On the eleventh day of home school my neighbor said to me, "I could never do that, what about graduation, they'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, what about P.E. do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"
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On the twelfth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "Can they go to college, I could never do that, what about graduation, they'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"

And the big finish

On the thirteenth day of homeschool I thoughtfully replied: "They can go to college, yes you can do this, they can have graduation, we don't like the prom, we do it cuz we like it, they are missing nothing, we'll homeschool forever, WE ARE NOT STRANGE(or insert my edit here, WE LOVE BEING STRANGE!)!, We give them P.E., and we give them tests, they are socialized, AND WE HOMESCHOOL LEGALLY!

On the fourteenth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "How can I get Started, why didn't you tell me, where do I buy curriculum, when is the next conference, WILL PEOPLE THINK WE'RE STRANGE? I think we can do this, if you will help us, can we join P.E. and we'll home school legally."

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Space Lapbook!!!

Its done its done! Wow, we hadn't realized quite how much info we had amassed. This took longer than expected, there were the ruts of "I don't wanna work on it agaaaaaiiiinnnn." I think the best part was just how proud Z is of it! He decided early this week that it was time to finish it, and, of course, Mommy was "but don't you want to add this...." and "but we need to finish that.....". He said "NO lets finish it!!!" I obeyed. ;) Without further ado, here it is! I'll put a few pictures, and then the slideshow of all the pix; you can click on any of the pictures in the slideshow to get more details(it will popup in a new window), and don't hesitate to ask questions! A few websites we used were: http://www.homeschoolshare.com/twinkle_twinkle_little_star.php http://tenkidsandadog.blogspot.com/2008/04/space-lapbook-and-study-part-2.html http://www.homeschoolshare.com/space_lapbook.php http://www.homeschoolshare.com/marias_comet.php http://www.enchantedlearning.com/ Plus loads of google image searches.

Front of Lapbook

Inside main part

Top flap lifted

Under top left flap

Back of Lapbook