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This homeschooler has been missing quite a lot of karate hours these past weeks. We were not able to maximize last month’s tuition. We did not forsee him missing half of the classes we paid for. In the karate class he is currently enrolled in, we always pay in advance. He was only able to attend 6 times. Reason for absence: Fever. He’s had fever twice in the last four weeks. It’s weird and bothersome at the same time.
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Before this, the last time this homeschooler had his flu shot was in 2009. He was practically ill free throughout that year. Yes, we skipped 2010, for some reason. We probably got really busy getting back on our feet after the Ondoy devastation.
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Practice makes perfect. This is what we have been told for as long as we can remember and for good reason. It works. Take our homeschooler’s penmanship, for instance. It was not so long time ago that his handwriting was kinda of sorts. Look at how he has improved since. 
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This is our homeschooler’s Level 2 Progress Chart – Week 1. While this might not look to mean a lot, this is actually equivalent to 7 PACES. Each has at least 27 pages (some have 31 pages). At the rate he’s going, he just might be done with Level 2 by September. Then he’ll be off to Level 3.
Honestly, I don’t want to rush him. But since he is pretty pumped up because of his being able to reach his goal of 5 to 10 pages for each PACE per day and the reward he can exchange his Congratulations slip with.
Congratulations Slip
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So I said, our homeschooler is soon to take his Post Test for Level 1 soon. Turned out, there is no more test to take like such when a student has reached Level 1. All we have to do is to submit the Master Record Sheet, the pace tests, order the Level 2 paces and he’s good to go.
We’re really thrilled to be doing the Level 2 PACES. We ordered the PACES last week and we’ll get hold of them soon. The package for colored PACES costs P8,000. Plus the Academic fee of P3,000. The hubby decided that the colored PACES will better help our son to be more interested in his class. We ordered the non-colored ones for his Level 1, we only paid less than P3,000. He was okay with it. But we are hoping to assess how he’s going to respond to the difference.
FYI, the Academic Fee is paid on a yearly basis. Regardless of the number of Levels the student has finished throughout the year.
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As much as I love receiving messages (either via comment section or contact form page), I really would appreciate it if people will read through my posts and even click on Christian Homeschooler’s FAQ Page. For some reason, I keep getting inquiries about how they can enroll their children in “my school” or even requesting for their transcript of records from random years. I receive these in my inbox EVERY SINGLE DAY.
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This homeschooling family is flying to Bohol today and we really thrilled to see the beauty of God’s creation in that part of the Philippine island. This Bohol Getaway will be the last of our summer series. We will be back to regular programming as soon as June 2011 steps in.
First for us to have scheduled is our homeschooling guy’s post-test for Level 1. He cannot just jump into Level 2 without getting tested first. We will go visit the homeschooling arm of School of Tomorrow in Sucat, Paranaque and when he passes the exam, we will order the Level 2 Paces after.
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One of the best subjects to teach is Science. Part of it is learning about plants; how it grows and develops, its chemical properties, diseases attributed to it, and its evolutionary relationship between taxonomic groups.
Children get excited when schools go on a field trip. Visiting botanical gardens can be very thrilling also to teachers. They get the chance to explain their lessons well by showing the true sample of the plant. The children experience and interact with the nature and with this, their minds get stimulated. Being a teacher, you know when kids get interested because they ask too many questions. Bumping to a plant that is new to them, they ask for its name, where is it classified, its unique structure, and its function.
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As a homeschooling parent, being boring cannot be an option. Education should be be fun. Children learn by experience and they understand the lessons better when they can use most of their senses. In homeschooling, it’s even a challenge for the mother as she juggles between her work, house tending, and teaching her children the day’s lecture.
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It is very different studying in technical schools and in academic campuses. In universities, classrooms would reach up to 60 students per class. They have a grade requirement that they need to have before they can enter a certain course. Apparently, courses here are focused to accomplishing a bachelor’s degree, reaching from four to five years the most.