Blog Failure

Obviously I am not capable of maintaining more than one blog and the goal is for education to be just a part of who we are and what we do, not a totally separate boxed off part of our lives. As you can tell this idea of "unschooling" is growing on me. I love the ideas and I think I agree with the philosophy, but.... We'll see where we go after we get the reading and basics down pat.
But I digress, but to the lack of blogging issue.

I'm going to leave this blog up, because I think it might just have a word or two of useful information on it. I will also try to occasionally post any change in curriculum or lack there of, but as a whole I don't expect that I will be posting very often on this blog.

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I have just signed up my oldest up for time4learning. She loves computer games and this seems like a good fit.
I do not think it is a full curriculum as it boast, but it seems to be pretty good. I do like that you can print reports, etc. In the event that we need to show any proof of our schooling, it would prove a useful resource, and I don't have to do the record keeping.

This is how it works.
You pay a monthly service fee and then you log in to have access to the site.
You can log in in the lower level or the upper level. The upper level stretches her abilities now and it is helpful for me to guide her through those lessons. The lower level is exactly where she is currently and she is able to do those lessons on her own. I like that we have a choice so we can mix it up. I want to keep it fun and not discouraging.

After completing 15min of "lesson" games, then the "playground" unlocks and she can play there for 15 minutes. The playground is full of educational games she can play. It also links to kid friendly web pages such as PBSkids, which my kids love.

I have not signed up my youngest yet, but he likes to watch and "help" his big sister.

As I said, I am not using this our sole educational experience. We are finishing up the kindergarten book for Heart of Dakota. It's such a sweet, simple program that we usually enjoy it. Though not this time of year. It happened the same way last year. Just before the holidays we, no I, I get bored with the curriculum. The kids still enjoy it, I'm the one who needs a change. The plan this year is to finish off a few more weeks of lessons and then take Thanksgiving through New Years off to study Christmas related items and just enjoy the holidays.

Thanks for you patience with my lack of posting.
Hope you enjoy our family blog and find these few posts to be helpful.