Haiku Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I have everything set for this year in terms of curriculum. I have a pretty good idea what I will be using next year, too, as most of what I am using now won't change for several years. I talked to my dh on the phone today and he asked what I was doing. I said, "Researching algebra curricula." He laughed and said, "I think that's a colossal wast of time. Dd is only seven!" Well, yes ... but ... well ... Ok, I like to research curricula! I love driving myself crazy with which Latin we will use in several years, and what math we will go with after RightStart is done, and what are the logic resources available. When I don't have anything to research for this year or next year, it only makes sense to jump years ... and years ... ahead, right? Right?? :D Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 You can come over and there's plenty of undone housework to do here. Or can do all the eldercare research I need to do this afternoon and talk to the two lawyers that are supposed to call back this afternoon. Or you can finish my grading for the summer college class I'm almost done with. Curriculum is the last thing on this middle-aged mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Well, it makes perfect sense to ME. I do exactly the same thing! Which explains why I spent a lot of time a couple months ago agonizing over logic curricula I can use in 3-4 years...:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 Curriculum is the last thing on this middle-aged mind! Ahh, see, there's the difference. I don't yet identify as middle-aged. ;) (Empirically, I am, but I don't identify as such.) Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 ...to get that great books study underway for yourself. Or maybe to take the rhetoric suggestions in TOG and study them yourself. Get ahead of the curve with self-education while you have time, so that it's easier to contemplate later on. Researching algebra now just means that you'll have to start over with it later on, as new curricula are always being developed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 "What to research when you don't need to research?" Um... curriculum junkies anonymous-type groups? ;) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Ahh, see, there's the difference. I don't yet identify as middle-aged. ;) (Empirically, I am, but I don't identify as such.) Tara I glory in being middle-aged. I'm more mellow and efficient in many ways, even if I'm spread thin with everything. :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetfeet Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 You could offer your services to others.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetfeet Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Ahh, see, there's the difference. I don't yet identify as middle-aged. ;) (Empirically, I am, but I don't identify as such.) Tara You don't act middle-aged, whatever that means.:tongue_smilie: Signed, Your-still-in-the-20's-friend:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I second the suggestion to start research on your own curriculum! After several bereft days, having finalized, alphabetized, organized and photocopied all I could need for several years, I put away my copy of The Well Trained Mind and pulled out my copy of The Well Educated Mind. Ahhh. Wide open spaces again...:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 Hmmm, I never thought about that (TWEM) ... off to reserve it at the library! Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 You don't act middle-aged, whatever that means.:tongue_smilie: Awww, thanks ... maybe it's the purple hair? Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetfeet Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 That could be.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 To add to those great ideas you've already received -- How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster and along the same lines as the above but for beginning with younger children Deconstructing Penguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bond of Reading by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone and start doing some reading on homeschooling through the high school years Homeschooling High School: Planning Ahead for College Admission by Jeanne Gowen Dennis Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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