Short Week

With Thanksgiving in just a few days, this will be a short week for us. We'll finish up Life Science and complete a chapter of Spelling - no spelling test this week. It's rare that I'll not give a spelling test but knowing that it was going to be a short week, I selected the easiest group of words for us to study this week for this 9 week period. Next week it will be school as normal.

Older Son Heading to College!!!

Our older son will finish out his last semester of high school at college. We're so proud of him. He took his ACT test in October and has met the requirements of the Fast Track program which allows him to go to college and earn a semester of college credits and high school credits at the same time. Best of all, we don't have to pay a dime.

He is going to public school (I did homeschool him during his 5th and 6th grade years) so I'm not sure how this works out with homeschooling parents but it is worth checking into to find out if your area has a program like this and if homeschoolers are included. My husband heard about it at work so I called the school to ask about it and thank goodness we found out in a nick of time as this is only available to Seniors during their second semester - in our area. It may be different in other regions of the world.

So now I get to coach him through this stage of his life next. He's a smart kid but he needs that extra push to keep him motivated. I'm hoping that he does well enough to get much of his education paid for with scholarships. This college has a great relationship with the local high schools and a local large chemical company for job placement. He has worked at a local grocery store (for a year) that cooperates with his high school as well. So he has a bright future if we can get his current work schedule to work out with his college level classes. Hubby works at the chemical company as well as an apprentice instructor so he has some pull to help get our son's foot in the door while he's going to college which will help pay for his college expenses too!

Thanks for listening to a gloating mother's ramblings this morning. I need to get his application in the mail before I start class with the younger son this morning. Have a wonderful day!

Great Work At Home Resources

This mom has really done her homework and she is sharing everything she knows about searching for work-at-home jobs with all of us! She homeschools as well so that's why I particularly wanted to share her site and blog on this site. Enjoy!

http://www.wahrc.com/index.html

http://wahrc.com/blog/

November 10, 2008

Wow! It's been a while since my last post. Time sure does fly. We're really concentrating on fractions right now in Math. We're moving along faster in Social Studies than I anticipated. We finished studying Culture and Economics. This week we're going to forge ahead with Government and will try to finish that by the end of this month. We need to finish the last little bit of Life Science in December before we take off for Christmas break. I may have to intertwine the two subjects those couple of weeks in December so that we'll stay on track with science and we'll actually be ahead in Social Studies. Everything else we can pretty much relax with throughout the year - daily Spelling lessons, a day or two of reading and writing each week. We're even relaxed with Language Arts this year and will be finished shortly after the New Year. And I haven't had to slack much on my own daily routines. If anything I've improved on my house cleaning and laundry. I'm tired but I'm keeping up.

Happy Homeschooling!