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Curriculum Choices 2014-2015

Curriculum Choices 2014-2015

Remember that time I decided what we would be using for this year? Yeah, well, I made a few light changes.  Don’t be surprised, don’t act like you’ve never done it before!!! In my last post I said we were leaving Heart of Dakota. Well …

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Curriculum Planning 2014-2015

Curriculum Planning 2014-2015

It’s that time again! Can you believe it?! This school year really has flown by. I can’t believe it’s March! In fact, it’s almost April, which means that current  curriculum will be done soon and it’ll be time to start new stuff. Such is the …

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Hi, I’M CASEY

Weirdly domestic homeschooling, work from home mom of 3. When not wiping noses, playing taxi, or washing a never-ending pile of laundry, I spend stolen moments in the bathroom reading as much as I can and drinking heavily reheated butter coffee.

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  • So we FINALLY pulled out our new expansion pack for Rival Restaurants from @gapclosergames. About halfway through the game we realized what the constant giving away of assets to the British was about....we see what you did there, team!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Who says board games aren't educational?!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #gameschooling #gameschoolers⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #homeschoolinghighschool #RivalRestaurants⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #blackhomeschoolers #blackhomeschooling #unschoolers #blackunschoolers #unschooling #secularhomeschool #homeschooling #homeeducation #homeschool #homeschoolers #thisishowwehomeschool #wildandfreechildren #wildandfreekids #wildandfreeINcolor #CAhomeschoolers #learningathome #raisingreaders #learninghappens
  • Stop ignoring your child's interests 😩 ~~~ It looks like this: Parent: My kid is interested in one (relatively harmless) thing. It's all they want to do. I want them to explore their interests, but I hate this thing and don't believe it provides value. Me: It's clearly valuable to your child. Expose them to other stuff, but don't take away their thing. Parent: But I hate the thing. Me: SO?! THE THING IS NOT ABOUT YOU! ~~~ Anime, video games, doodling, collecting rocks, reading bike magazines, YouTube crafting channels, generally tinkering... The list goes on. What you think is important and what your child thinks is important are two different things. You don't see the value because you haven't trusted your child enough to know what they need. Ask questions. Why do they like it? What do they want to do with the knowledge? Would they like to try it on a larger scale? How can you help support this interest without making it look like "school"? #letlearninghappen#childledlearning . . . . . . . #blackhomeschoolers #blackhomeschooling #unschoolers #blackunschoolers #unschooling #secularhomeschool #homeschooling #homeeducation #homeschool #homeschoolers #thisishowwehomeschool #wildandfreechildren #wildandfreekids #wildandfreeINcolor #CAhomeschoolers #learningathome #raisingreaders #learninghappens
  • Let go of the unnecessary... In 18ish years of formal schooling, including STEM programs, college prep, charters, AP classes, and honors... Never once have I diagrammed a sentence. Nor do I understand it's purpose. My teen writes papers with the help of Grammarly Premium. This has been 10x easier and wildly more successful than our struggle through grammar lessons in lower grades. What have I learned in 10 years of homeschooling? That the worst thing ever to happen to it, is to consider it "schooling". . . . . . . . #blackhomeschoolers #blackhomeschooling #unschoolers #blackunschoolers #unschooling #secularhomeschool #homeschooling #homeeducation #homeschool #homeschoolers #thisishowwehomeschool #wildandfreechildren #wildandfreekids #wildandfreeINcolor #CAhomeschoolers #learningathome #raisingreaders #learninghappens
  • Mom's Taxi Diaries: Theater Edition 🎭 🎼 I'm just a mom Yes a homeschooling mom And I'm sitting here in this parking lot My kids' commitments and schedules have a hold on my life Theater, gymnastics, I drive all day and night And these kids have ruined my back seat All they do is eat and they spill And I clean it cause I'm still their mom.... 🎶🎶🎶 Bonus points if you sang this! Who can relate?
  • Performative allyship while homeschooling 🌈 . . . . I feel like the "trend" in homeschooling right now is to update curriculum to be more inclusive. Is this a bad thing? Not inherently. However, what I'm too often seeing is curriculum updates and booklists featuring Black and POC characters and stories...written by white people. "Doing the work" means putting in that bit of extra effort to amplify the voices of those you're studying, and making the time and effort to evaluate not just your content, but your sources... #homeschooltogether
  • My 5yo doesn't know all her letter sounds... She also doesn't give a damn. She has no interest in reading. STOP 🛑 Read that again. She has no interest in READING. But she LOVES books. She loves hidden pictures and the I-Spy series. She likes to spot differences and looking for Waldo's lost items. She prefers flipping through graphic novels and comic books to regular picture books. She likes maps and atlases and timelines. She likes workbooks and will get anyone nearby to read her the directions if she can't figure it out. She would listen to me read 617 books a day if I allowed it -- so a huge shout out to @vooks, @hoopladigital, @overdrive_libs, @epic4kids, @scribd, and @spotifypodcasts who manage that for me. Am I worried about a lifelong struggle with literacy? No. She can manipulate numbers faster than most people in this house. Science is her thing. She's crafty. All things in due time.... #letthemplay
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