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America: The Story Of Us ~ The History Channel

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

We are watching this History Channel series on the history of America now as a part of our homeschooling and I can’t even tell you how good it is.  We have just started but we are watching one episode a day to enhance our learning of American History and it is really entertaining.  It is [...]

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It’s Friday!

Friday, May 21, 2010

Well, we had a good day here today.  Rye is still hyper as can be but he was perky for the most part today.
Thank God.
Given our mediocre success with book work the past few days, I figured it best for everyone’s sanity to keep busy in lieu of book work so we headed an hour [...]

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Homeschool: The How And What

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

This is not our first time around on homeschooling.  We did it for over a year in the 4th-5th grade.  At the point I pulled Rye out of 4th grade, he was falling behind academically and was extremely frustrated by the school environment. Which, for us, meant nearly daily meltdowns at home.  I pulled him [...]

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The Boys Of Baraka

Thursday, April 29, 2010

One of the things I love about homeschooling is the time and freedom it gives us to do and learn things that we may not do otherwise.   This is particularly true in our case with Rye because he only has a smallish window of time in the day when he is open to learning [...]

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Homeschooling Bipolar

Monday, April 26, 2010

Homeschooling is going well for us.  Life is so much calmer now.  I am loving it.
It’s funny, though.  Sometimes Rye’s friends ask me why we are homeschooling now (in case you don’t follow the blog, we just recently went back to homeschooling after about a year in public school).  I explain to them that because [...]

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Sunday Review

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Well, I would say we had a productive week over here.
I officially withdrew Rye from school and started homeschooling.  Rye is so much more relaxed now that we are homeschooling it is ridiculous.  Not that he is a different kid but it certainly helps to have the anxiety, overstimulation, and frustration of regular school out [...]

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Back At The Homestead

Thursday, April 15, 2010

I am happy to report that Don and Rye had a good weekend together while I was in New York.  Don said by Monday Rye was really starting to wind up but I came home that night so Rye decompressed with me for a while and then went to bed.  And, surprisingly enough, I have [...]

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People With Perfect Children Are Perfect Parents

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Alright, I’ll be honest.  I am not feeling the love today.
Normally I start my morning out reading a little bit of a certain pretty & friendly site to start my day.  The site is light, mindless, it’s beautiful,  and without conflict, pain, or struggle.  I find this very appealing first thing in the morning.   In [...]

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Goodbye, Oh Lord Of the Flies

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

After an incredibly terrible rage/meltdown on Rye’s part after school yesterday (he was whipped by another kid with a long stick that made a huge welt/mark on him and nothing was done to protect him or help him), me having to completely knock him out with Klonopin when we got home just to calm him [...]

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Understanding

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Things happen for a reason.  I believe this to be true.
We had a very strange day over here.  It started with Rye being off the charts and me just about wanting to send him to the hospital and then it ended in almost a completely different direction.
We drove by the school this evening on our [...]

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