Thursday, September 30, 2004
Ambleside Online
Ambleside Online -- a reference website for "Charlotte Mason" style of homeschooling.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Monday, September 27, 2004
KS Legal Q & A
LegalQ&A2003.pdf KS Legal Q & A -- I'm not sure if I've blogged this before, so I'm doing it now.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Homeschool Recordkeeping
Homeschool Recordkeeping -- a gal on the Unschooling_in_the_Midwest email list wrote this article. It makes me wonder about how I will keep records. Kansas doesn't require any (at this time), but I am quite the documentor and listmaker, so I suspect that I will want to keep records of some sort. Just another point to ponder for the next couple of years of mental preparation. :-)
Surfing the Net with Kids: Stamp Collecting
Surfing the Net with Kids: Stamp Collecting -- here's a site to remember, if the boys are ever interested in the fun, potentially inexpensive hobby of stamp collecting.
Monday, September 13, 2004
Financial Lessons
While moving the diapers from the washer to the dryer this evening, I had an imaginary conversation with a "concerned relative" about homeschooling, particularly unschooling. (I doubt that I will use the term unschooling with relatives at first, though.) Anyway, in my imaginary conversation, we were discussing lessons and learning things that "we" wanted to learn. I decided that even though I plan to unschool and let the boys learn where their interests take them, I do plan to make sure some financial lessons are covered or "taught" or at least "learned" one way or another.
I want to teach my sons to manage their money and to live within their means. I know too many intelligent and otherwise competent people, who, for circumstances beyond my knowledge and understanding, have filed for bankruptcy. I can think of 5 right off the bat, several of whom are relatives. I know only a little about their situations. Some included job loss and some included divorce. I don't really want to know the details, and they really aren't any of my business. It's something that I do not understand and have a hard time even comprehending. So I resolve to "teach" my boys about personal finances, including saving, earning, spending, tithing, credit/debt, and being frugal.
Some things are truly "needs," but many things that most people think they need are really "wants". I (we / the whole family) have a lot more material possesions than I wish we had. Over the course of the next year I hope to reduce the "stuff" (aka clutter) in our home. When the house is paid for in 3 or so years, our family will be completely debt free (unless we happen to have a car payment at the time). When that happens, I plan to quit my job and stay home with my children. Without the debt, we will easily be able to adjust to one income. We did fine while I was on maternity leave (without pay for most of the last one), so I know that it will only take minor adjustments to do it all of the time.
I want to teach my sons to manage their money and to live within their means. I know too many intelligent and otherwise competent people, who, for circumstances beyond my knowledge and understanding, have filed for bankruptcy. I can think of 5 right off the bat, several of whom are relatives. I know only a little about their situations. Some included job loss and some included divorce. I don't really want to know the details, and they really aren't any of my business. It's something that I do not understand and have a hard time even comprehending. So I resolve to "teach" my boys about personal finances, including saving, earning, spending, tithing, credit/debt, and being frugal.
Some things are truly "needs," but many things that most people think they need are really "wants". I (we / the whole family) have a lot more material possesions than I wish we had. Over the course of the next year I hope to reduce the "stuff" (aka clutter) in our home. When the house is paid for in 3 or so years, our family will be completely debt free (unless we happen to have a car payment at the time). When that happens, I plan to quit my job and stay home with my children. Without the debt, we will easily be able to adjust to one income. We did fine while I was on maternity leave (without pay for most of the last one), so I know that it will only take minor adjustments to do it all of the time.
Sunday, September 12, 2004
What we learn with pleasure we never forget
-- Alfred Mercier, found in an email tagline on my unschoolkansas group.
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