I am going to assess my child. Like total assessmenty data data data… I will find some format to asses her against, I’ll write a rubric. This will make her a better person… force her to be better at stuff… stuff that I, as an adult, know better will be good for her to know……
Tag: fun
Keeping it real
Maybe this is technology.. either that or it’s just some random kind of learning. Now, a treasure hunt is a good thing if you want no client input. It’s all secret… and you can hang out undisturbed in your room. This was no whip up, that’s for sure. One morning, she even got up at…
What was I thinking when I worried…
I have hardly heard from my child for days. She goes into her room and communes with her (it’s now hers), laptop. “Who’d have thought writing was so addictive!” a quote! I was worried: writing, and I am sure there are other posts on me worring about her saying she wants to be a writer…
Current passion…
H’s current passion is photography. She has been interested in an abstract way for a while, but since my cousin gave her a point and shoot camera of her own, her interest has skyrocketed. She has filled up a 16GB SD card. She, Ms shy, has even had a conversation with a photographer: getting advice…
the farm
Yesterday Helena told me that although one of the projects (making an island) a friend of hers did at school appealed to her there were aspects she was glad she didn’t have to do with a similar project she is working on…. a project started months and months ago! One was that she got to…
leaving her to it
Recently I have been leaving Helena to her own devices, more than usual, as I am painting the house (she has been offered $ to help) and working on the sleep out (I thought she would be interested but no..). I am modeling er something I hope. Helena has found her own project and it…
Cool stuff
We get to do some cool stuff. together… This was a knife making workshop in the weekend (I think there were school kids there) that was arranged through the homeschool community and as usual in homeschool things the adults stayed and joined in. Best of all was that it was run by two homeschooled kids…
Do we need to practice?
I get that there are many things we need to pratice, 1000 hours or some such number someone made up to become an expert. I am however not so sure about that with lots of the things we teach at school and in particular mathematics. When I spat the dummy recently about homeschooling and feeling…
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