Curing The Overwhelmed Homeschooling Parent Syndrome

What is the cure for Overwhelmed Home Schooling Parent Syndrome?  

Find yourself a homeschool convention to attend this year. I challenge you to do this and see what you can come away with. Post back and let us know. 

You will love attending, the first one may be a bit overwhelming, but you will take away so much! 

Spend your convention evenings jotting down notes and thinking things through. Then the next day talk with vendors and the speakers to get your questions answered. 

Here is an article (it's an oldie but a goodie) to give you more encouragement Curing Overwhelmed Home Schooling Parent Syndrome

Last year many homeschool conferences were virtual, we hope that this year will be different.  
Let us know what homeschool conferences you have attended and what your favorite part of the conference is.

A love of literature?

During recess The Homeschooled Young Man was playing with Lego's and made this sign. It says "I LOVE LIT" he is really enjoying his literature class. He set up the picture and took it himself. You can see his Lego bags handing under the kitchen table, he is in the process of sorting all his Lego pieces into bags while I read his literature to him.

I LOVE LIT

Ah, the blessings of homeschooling, never a dull or boring moment in learning. Learning is for a lifetime and is not a time of loathing. We are reading through the Abeka Of People Literature book.

How are things going this week in your homeschool? What are the kids enjoying? What needs some work? Have you done any tweaking this year?

Have a wonderful week!

Duet 11:19

Where I've Been & What I Am Up To...

It's been a busy back to school time and I've had a very sore shoulder & neck that does not like me to type, all leftovers from 2 past car accidents (not my fault). Seems to flare up 1x or 2x per year. This time I can't get an appointment for physical therapy for 8 days, not appointments open  :O(    I've heard it will be even worse with ObamaCare. So for now I am on a pack of steroids (oh joy!), Aleve and muscle relaxants. All of which I can say has done NOTHING for the pain. Would appreciate your prayers on this one.

The other thing that has kept me away is my mother needs to be moved into some typed of assisted living and it's really hard to have to start taking things over for a parent. So I have been busy looking into that kind of stuff.

Young adult homeschooler has been doing well in his studies, he is enjoying his first college class and also learning about just how much of a workload college will be  ;-)

Here is what we are doing this year in our homeschool. Looks like a big year, but some of these are just semester classes.

Bible Answers In Genesis,
Video Text Interactive Algebra 1
Apologia Physical Science
Institute in Excellence in Writing for writing
Abeka English
Abeka Spelling,
Abeka Lit,
Abeka History/Geography,
Typing Abeka,
German
Computer class website design
Computer class in C#.

Moe