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Thursday, January 30, 2014
Friday, January 3, 2014
Connections Academy
We've been thinking for a while now about homeschooling our kids. Many, if not most of the the western families a the temple homeschool. Some of the Indian families do to. Corbin got into a REALLY good school as part of the Options Program. It's 30 minutes away and they bus him each way. Totally free normal public school. It's a K - 8 and he's in 6th grade. If he didn't get in there, the neighborhood middle school SUCKS. I hate middle school it is torture. Little kids in a high school setting when they're not old enough for high school. Lockers, 6+ different classes every day. And with class sizes out of control to where there are kids sitting on the floor in some math classes. A kid like Corbin would be LOST in middle school and I just wasn't happy about him going there. So we tried for the options program and got in to this rad school. Its in a rich neighborhood, and for that neighborhood, it's their school. It's very new--just opened in '09. HUGE and beautiful. The 6th grade is broken into 2 'homerooms' and they do most everything together with the other class. 2 teachers; one for math & science, one for humanities & writing. Together, they go on "Expeditions"--Field trips where they do field studies. Like to the forest to make observations and do writings about their findings. All good stuff.
SO: About homeschooling. I was really wanting to do it if Corbin didn't get into that school. But he did and I still kind of wanted to. Only I don't want him to miss out. But he's struggling bad in math and it seems like I'm helping him a lot and I'm no expert either! It would be nice if I were doing it with him all along. And then the struggle has brought to light that I don't really like the whole system they use. Like, he'll be like 6 assignments behind, we'll get him caught up, but then like, he never has to turn anything in so who's to know anyway? If THAT's the way they're gonna do it, we can just do all of that on our own! and we can do field trips, and he can take art classes and sports and clubs too! One of the Indian families who does homeschooling lives across the street from Corbin's school, and the kids go in for specials like PE and clubs they like.
The Connections Academy is a FREE public online school for K - 12. So it's the best of both worlds: Homeschooling and public live school. So we're not just flailing on our own. I have to be the learning coach and log in every day. He has to attend virtual classes on a schedule with other kids. I'm getting info on it. Seems VERY interesting to me.
SO: About homeschooling. I was really wanting to do it if Corbin didn't get into that school. But he did and I still kind of wanted to. Only I don't want him to miss out. But he's struggling bad in math and it seems like I'm helping him a lot and I'm no expert either! It would be nice if I were doing it with him all along. And then the struggle has brought to light that I don't really like the whole system they use. Like, he'll be like 6 assignments behind, we'll get him caught up, but then like, he never has to turn anything in so who's to know anyway? If THAT's the way they're gonna do it, we can just do all of that on our own! and we can do field trips, and he can take art classes and sports and clubs too! One of the Indian families who does homeschooling lives across the street from Corbin's school, and the kids go in for specials like PE and clubs they like.
The Connections Academy is a FREE public online school for K - 12. So it's the best of both worlds: Homeschooling and public live school. So we're not just flailing on our own. I have to be the learning coach and log in every day. He has to attend virtual classes on a schedule with other kids. I'm getting info on it. Seems VERY interesting to me.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
New Years Post
I only made one resolution and it was totally private like I didn't tell anyone and it is this: I am going to write in a blog every day. So here's this one right now.
Vegan Devotee:
We were vegan for well over a year--kids also. It was hard but not the worst. Then we started going to the Temple. Mike and I have always leaned toward this spiritual path, we just finally made the plunge and started doing the PRACTICE. Chanting rounds, associating with other devotees, eating Prasadam, following the Four Regulative Principals... There is a wonderful, tender, and symbiotic relationship between us and the mother cow. I believe that and I'm all for it. I just don't want to participate in the mass produced Factory Farm Dairy system. So for about 8 months we attended the temple, and ate the food served and I knew it had dairy products in it, but we were still vegan outside the temple. Then Mike did some research and really thought adding milk back into at least the kids diets would be good. But I wanted to be sure we do the best for our family AND cows! I was put in touch with a raw milk dairy and we went to visit about a month ago. It's a family farm, the husband, wife and kids do all the work. We can visit any time we want and see the cows. They're gorgeous and we got to hug and pet a calf (SO CUTE!). The milk is really good and so fresh. I've been making Paneer, and I really want to try mozzerella.
doTerra:
The same friend who intro'd me to the Raw Milk Dairy, introduced me to doTerra. I had already been dabbling in essential oils from the store and other online sources. I made my own lotions and other goodies using them. But doTerra oils are THE BEST and I was sold on using them the moment I tried a blend on a wart on Simeons foot and it WORKED. I have seen these oils work like magic in my home and I love sharing them with others. The sharing part of it has turned into a business opportunity for me. It is network marketing but the big difference is: if there were no business opportunity attached, would I still buy the products? YES I sure would. The stuff is legit and it empowers people to be the healers in their own home. I'm loving it. My girls already have 5 classes scheduled this month. I need to get one in there too, and start teaching!!! Such an exciting time.
Vegan Devotee:
We were vegan for well over a year--kids also. It was hard but not the worst. Then we started going to the Temple. Mike and I have always leaned toward this spiritual path, we just finally made the plunge and started doing the PRACTICE. Chanting rounds, associating with other devotees, eating Prasadam, following the Four Regulative Principals... There is a wonderful, tender, and symbiotic relationship between us and the mother cow. I believe that and I'm all for it. I just don't want to participate in the mass produced Factory Farm Dairy system. So for about 8 months we attended the temple, and ate the food served and I knew it had dairy products in it, but we were still vegan outside the temple. Then Mike did some research and really thought adding milk back into at least the kids diets would be good. But I wanted to be sure we do the best for our family AND cows! I was put in touch with a raw milk dairy and we went to visit about a month ago. It's a family farm, the husband, wife and kids do all the work. We can visit any time we want and see the cows. They're gorgeous and we got to hug and pet a calf (SO CUTE!). The milk is really good and so fresh. I've been making Paneer, and I really want to try mozzerella.
doTerra:
The same friend who intro'd me to the Raw Milk Dairy, introduced me to doTerra. I had already been dabbling in essential oils from the store and other online sources. I made my own lotions and other goodies using them. But doTerra oils are THE BEST and I was sold on using them the moment I tried a blend on a wart on Simeons foot and it WORKED. I have seen these oils work like magic in my home and I love sharing them with others. The sharing part of it has turned into a business opportunity for me. It is network marketing but the big difference is: if there were no business opportunity attached, would I still buy the products? YES I sure would. The stuff is legit and it empowers people to be the healers in their own home. I'm loving it. My girls already have 5 classes scheduled this month. I need to get one in there too, and start teaching!!! Such an exciting time.
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