Category:homeschool thoughts/musings’
Postponed classes
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The plan was for us to resume class first week of January. That was not very feasible as I welcomed the New Year with “pink eyes” no less. So to be cautious and make sure I don’t infect anyone with a possible contagious conjunctivitis, we resolved to resume next week instead.
Sick Teacher Mama and kids with mobiles
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It was last week when we originally planned to jump start first few classes in Level 1. Never mind if the holidays are fast approaching. But Teacher Mama got sick with Acute Gastroenteritis. I seriously was not keeping anything down for two days. It was then that we resolved to resuming classes in January 2011 instead, with the rest of the traditional school going masses.
Homeschoolers Fellowship
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My son is all set for tomorrow’s Living Heritage Academy’s Annual Homeschool Fellowship. He said he is especially looking forward to seeing Tiffany again. She was the girl our son bonded with during their graduation rehearsals last year. I was on to get more shocked when he followed it up with, “Mama, I want Tiffany to be my wife. She is so beautiful!” He said this as a matter of factly, that if I wasn’t lying down in bed that time, I would have fell right off from wherever it was I was standing! My son! 
Random thoughts
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When some frown towards the choice I have made of not making use of my license to teach in a traditional school, I am never embarrassed to stand up for what I believe in. I never insist my choices on anyone, so I somehow expect them to respect my chosen career. At first, some were blatantly and arrogantly against homeschooling. But as the months progressed to years and have seen how competent my son is paralleled to traditional schooled preschoolers, they knew they just have to keep mum and agree in their heads that there must be something I’m doing right.
Due to take the post test
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My son is already due to take the post test for this current curriculum. We will probably have that done on November 8. Until then we are continuing with the advanced lessons. We started off with one lesson per day and progressed to two lessons. These lessons are designed to get him ready for Level 1. I am pretty confident my son is going to ace the test.
What he wants to be when he grows up
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Whenever our son is asked what he wants to be when he grows up, he gives a host of answers ranging from wanting to become a train engineer to becoming a doctor someday. He started wanting to become a train engineer immediately after getting hooked on Thomas and His Friends videos and toys when he was two years old. He could play with his trains and tracks for hours on end, which probably got him wound up on becoming a train engineer.
Taekwondo, Voice or Instrument for Supplement Class
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Even as we are thoroughly recommending School of Tomorrow’s curriculum for homeschoolers, this is not to say, everything is perfect for our little family. I know at the back of my mind, I should make use of some supplementary class available outside the four walls of our house.
Improving by the day
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My little homeschooler and I are towards homestretch now. A couple more paces of his 4 subjects: Math, Word Building, Animal Science and Bible Reading and he’s done with the ABCs with Ace and Christi Program of School of Tomorrow. I am thrilled how he has developed to be more than just a good reader but also has significantly improved his comprehension.
This inquisitive homeschooler
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My little homeschooler is forever full of questions. He is especially enthralled with things about space, planet and the galaxy. The solar system and its vast beauty.
I am especially thankful for the complete Time Life books my Uncle in the States shipped to us several years ago. We are grateful too that we did not lose it to last year’s Ondoy flooding, like we did several of our other books.
My little adventurous homeschooler
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I always knew this little guy of mine is going to follow after his father sooner or later. At 2, he already wanted to be a race car driver and get behind a 250 GTO Ferrari. Yes, he was very specific. Not that his father is race car driver. But he does drive like the wind whenever he gets the chance and even if there’s no chance, he just gets his way out of traffic like I don’t know how. It drives me nuts sometimes. And at 3, our son already wanted to be to be like Russell of the movie “Up” and be a wilderness explorer.
Here is our little guy’s first attempt at Bungee Fun, which he has been wanting to try for a sometime. So he tried. He was one thrilled boy. 
