K12 Online School

There is a silver lining to the fact that my DH’s hours got cut.  It means that he is home on Fridays now.  So, that means I have his help for Chess Club.  I had no idea how I was really going to pull this off but was just hoping for the best.

Anyway, tomorrow is our first day.  I am so glad DH can be there.  He is the one who actually knows chess.  That will help considering there will be children there who have never played.  I’m not the best person to turn to for chess.  My oldest son who is going to be 12 in a few weeks is quite good.  I just hope that he really knows for sure what he tells people so that we don’t  lead them astray. 

Wish me luck!  I hope we have a great time and at least a few people will come out!

I have spoken to so many people lately that have chosen to homeschool because their children have behavior disorders.  I am so sorry for anyone who has this trial as it is never an easy journey.  The thing that I think is great is that so many families have the option to homeschool and so many of these families have such a turn around in their children. 

Because of the families that I have been hearing so much about, I have done some homework on behavior disorders.  While most of these disorders can be hard to diagnose and take a lot of persistence to get under control, it is wonderful that continuing research is being done and that there are so many resources available for these children.  I have a new found appreciation for families that have the challenge of these disorders. 

So, this isn’t the best photo as the lighting was bad, it was on a camera phone, the shirt is hanging crooked and well, it just isn’t the best photo.  But, it is a cute shirt and my kids are thrilled.  They want me to finish all of them before our K12 activity tomorrow so that they can wear them.  I had no idea that even the 11 year old would get into it and be proud!  YEAH! 

On Friday afternoon the students of our K12 Online School were invited to an activity that was held in the basement of our new library.  There are some great big rooms that can be used for such functions.  It was great. 

The first activity was that the "story lady" from the library read the kids a few Halloween stories.  All the children were glued to her.  She didn’t do anything fancy and yet she has the kids glued to her.  It was wonderful.  Then the 4th grade and older students went with one teacher outside for some physical games.  We were lucky to have a day just under 80 degrees for this.  The younger children stayed in and were separated into four groupings.  They rotated stations of a spider ring toss, bean bag toss, Halloween Bingo, and face painting. 

To use up the extra time they had some Halloween music that the children were dancing to.  After all the activities were over we all had treats that the families brought to share.  Most were healthy choices which were very appreciated as most of us were leaving after the party to take children to other parties or trick or treating.  There was also a cotton candy machine which was fun for the children as they do not get that treat very often.

It was so wonderful for our teachers and parents to go to all the trouble of putting the party together.  With K12 I truly believe that my children get the best of both the public school and home school worlds.

Our dear teacher sent us this link and it is full of great information from the American Red Cross.

Happy Halloween.  May you have a safe time getting your treats without any tricks!