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Jan. 23, 2007
Difficulties and successes in our homeschool
Hopefully now that HSB seems to be working AND we have DSL (I can't quite get over that), I will again post here now and again. Not promising anything regular. I don't know how people with multiple blogs do it. I have enough with my one blog that I try to maintain regularly, and the two I contribute to. But that is another story altogether.
Things are going all right in our little homeschool. I think I need to get over my personal aversion to "drill and kill" or anything that tastes of it. My daughter has a good understanding of mathematics. She really understands the principles and can figure out complex problems. She even figured out multiplication all on her own.
But she is hindered in the amount of time it takes her to figure out simple problems. We need to work on some automaticity, I think.
Other than that, we are engaged in a wonderful unit on Jamestown that I'm thoroughly enjoying. Here's a bit more on that, for anyone interested. Our study in Proverbs is going pretty well, but I need to work out the next section. So far, we have derived and worked on two principles from Proverbs 31: diligence and scheduling. She has a binder just for this study. I may share some of it later, but the plan is for her to continue working on this throughout her education. For diligence, for example, we read Proverbs 31:10-31 and talked about the character traits of this ideal woman. My daughter decided she was "hard working." She selected a verse that she thought exemplified this virtue, and copied a portion of it:
She...worketh willingly with her hands. Proverbs 31:13
Then we defined diligence (I love the Latin meaning):
DILIGENCE, n. [L., to love earnestly; to choose.]
1. Steady application in business of any kind; constant effort to accomplish what is undertaken; exertion of body or mind without unnecessary delay or sloth; due attention; industry; assiduity.
My goal is that when she is finished with her education at home, this notebook will serve as a reminder of the years of work she has done and serve as a basic primer in "housewifery." A simple guide that she will write herself on all the basic skills I didn't really have when I moved out, such as cooking, cleaning, scheduling and general household management. |
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