As you can imagine, most of my reading this past month has revolved around premature babies. Half Baked: The Story of My Nerves, My Newborn, and How We Both Learned to Breathe by Alexa Stevenson. This book chronicles Alexa’s struggle with infertility, miscarriages, and finally her high-risk pregnancy with twins. Sadly, her son didn’t survive his […]
Homeschooling is wearing you down
This is a post in a series of 31 Days of Minimalist Homeschooling. See the intro post with all the topics here. I apologize for my lack of regularity in posting daily about homeschooling. I blame bed rest for making it very difficult to concentrate. I read another great post about homeschooling from Melissa, homeschooling mom […]
26 Weeks: Gestational Incarceration
Yesterday I turned myself in. Gestational incarceration, known also as Hospital Bed Rest, has begun. So far I am unimpressed with this place. (I’m in a different hospital this time than the one I stayed in after my water broke. This is also the hospital I’ll deliver at.) Firstly, it took them an entire HOUR […]
Homeschooling through a crisis
This is a post in a series of 31 Days of Minimalist Homeschooling. See the intro post with all the topics here. I read an excellent post the other day on SimpleHomeschool.net about homeschooling through a crisis. Quite timely for me, since my family is definitely going through a difficult time right now, with a high-risk […]
How to teach subjects you don’t know or enjoy
This is a post in a series of 31 Days of Minimalist Homeschooling. See the intro post with all the topics here. I admit it. I’m not smarter than a 5th grader. At least, not when it comes to math. Two, going on three, of my kids are already learning things beyond my ability to teach […]
Bedschooling
This is a post in a series of 31 Days of Minimalist Homeschooling. See the intro post with all the topics here. Schoolteachers call in a substitute when they’re sick. But homeschool parents don’t have that luxury. What do you do when you’re ill? Besides taking a couple of days off (it seems that public schools […]
25 Weeks
Monday marked my 25th week of pregnancy and the 4th week since my water ruptured. I began to feel hopeful and even a little daring. I may be cheating on my bedrest a little. Promise you won’t tell? I started having some Braxton-Hicks contractions which is normal for me at this stage. And I’ve begun […]
Complying with government regulations
This is a post in a series of 31 Days of Minimalist Homeschooling. See the intro post with all the topics here. I apologize for my lack of a post yesterday! I had an appointment with the Perinatologist which took all morning, and then I got a headache that didn’t leave until today. I’ll try to […]
Study without desire
This is a post in a series of 31 Days of Minimalist Homeschooling. See the intro post with all the topics here. Do you agree with Mr. Da Vinci? How might your homeschool routine change if you did? (Or would it?) Looking back on your own education, have you seen the truth of this principle […]
Learning to trust
This is a post in a series of 31 Days of Minimalist Homeschooling. See the intro post with all the topics here. One of the most difficult things we do as parents is learn to trust our child. Each of our children is on their own unique path, their own timetable, their own growth chart. A […]