~Wordless Wednesday~

why I'm writing this entry at 4:44 am

Last night I went to bed around 12....and fell asleep about 1:30. Around 3:45 I hear my husbands phone vibrating and I think that maybe it's morning and that is the alarm. Nope. He checks his phone and a sweet young lady that has done respite for us was texting hubby to let him know that A~man (currently known as Stink Weed) has been calling her and talking to her on the phone. He told her he was afraid to put down the phone as he knew he was in BIG trouble. So...I go get my phone out of his room. The only thing I said to Mr S.W. is where is my phone??!! I had to walk away I was sooo angry. WAIT that is not all! I checked dialed calls. He called probably half of my contacts in my phone book plus some unknown numbers. REPEATIDLY!! This went on for an hour according to my phone. Yes my mom (who doesn't understand sn's) and sister was in the mix, some casual homeschool friends I do not know well,some friends I do know well, and a few numbers that I have no idea who they are. So after 15 minutes of crying (ME CRYING)and the hubby consoling me...trying to point out the funny side to it...here I am. (MAYBE I WILL SEE A FUNNY SIDE IN A FEW YEARS!)I cannot sleep and obviously most anyone I know,including Z's violin teacher have also had a hard night

I am soooo embarrassed. This has to rank up there in the top 10 of my life and I had some doozies in junior high.

I guess I should be glad he didn't call 911.

Excuse me now while I go crawl under a rock....please ignore all misspellings and grammar errors....

5 Things I Wish I Would Have Known When I Started Homeschooling

How to do stop motion animation.

I'm going to shamelessly brag and share that my husband has another book up on Amazon! It would be a great "how to" book for an older child or for an adult interested in stop motion animation. Check it out!

How to begin homeschooling

Long long (haha) ago, before children I always thought in my head "I would really like to homeschool my children". I was already teaching (although it was preschoolers) and though that would be the plan. After the long wait of parenthood we were blessed with a wee little guy that came to our home with all of these extra attachments: feeding tube, apnea monitor, bipap machine, nightly feeding machine....surely I'm forgetting something oh and about 4-5 appointments a week to various physicians, therapists and the weekly trip to DSS for visitations with A~mans biological family.

As you can see with all of THAT any thoughts of eventually homeschooling went out the door as he came in the door. Then after the experience of kindergarten (I need a link back to that info;) as it is a novel in itself) God showed us that we should keep A~man home and teach him ourselves. In our state a child does not have to be registered in public school until they reach the age of 7 and he had just turned 6.. All states are different though and I recommend this site for the rules and regulations of homeschooling.

When I first started teaching him at home there was a nifty used homeschool curriuclum/bookstore nearby. I had a lot of fun picking things up there. Mainly how to books and also some manipulatives to use for learning skills. Fortunately though, I also had most of my things from when I was a preschool teacher which was very beneficial as he was still learning preschool basics.

What would have been REALLY helpful would have been a basic easy to read guide that told the basics of starting to homeschool. This How to Home School guide does just that! I cannot tell you how many homeschool books I have read over the last 6 years! I've read some really good ones but something like this guide would have been a good way to quick start our homeschool.

Another helpful thing for the child that is going to be schooled at home would be a book about another homeschool child. Recently I did a review at Homeschool Literature about a family trying to decide if they want to homeschool their children. This book is called Katy. Another book that might be helpful for a child to see the day to day of another child homeschooling is Allison's Story, which is written for younger children. Check out my reviews to see if theses books could benefit  your family.

Whatever your reason is for wanting to start homeschooling, or even considering it, knowing the basics is the first step to success!!

~February Skies II~

Feeling a bit down today for no apparent reason. I have been having fun with pictures though!

~February Skies~