BusyMe Homeschools!

I’m looking for something, but I don’t know what.  I’m thinking a workbook would work best, but I’ve not really found any.  Unit studies have worked great, but I’ve used all the ones I’ve found.

I’ve been working really hard to find things that would interest Nick and encourage him to DO the work.  Great so far, but since I’m not with him while he’s ‘doing school’ (since I work full-time) labs are hard, hands-on is hard.

Anyhow.  All suggestions/ideas/links appreciated.

All kinds & topics

My son LOVES doing the topics on this site. It’s a terrific ‘textbook break’! [link]

It’s meant to go with their textbooks, but the tutorials will be helpful to ANYBODY studying Algebra. [link]

Who am I talking about?  The people that came up with the Getty & Dubay Italic Handwriting Series.  This ‘program’ is helping my son improve his handwriting without tears or frustration.  It’s a little simplistic for his age, but he needed HELP, and this is ‘grown up’ enough that it’s not making him crazy.   I did start with book ‘C’, which is where I would recommend starting with a child that knows how to write, but needs to improve the ‘neatness’ quotient.

And another great part?  The workbooks are ONLY $8.95!  A BARGAIN!

Makes me want to get real ugly and go spam their sites.  If it wasn’t what they WANTED, I would.

This book arrived today from Amazon. DS10 is EATING it up! He hasn’t looked any of the links up, yet, but he’s reading away. Heh. *pats self on back* Good one, Mom!

I’m using National Geographic as a ’spine’ . . . son reads one article a day. Looks up the country that is discussed up on the globe . . . and does more research on the internet after that. He has a LOT of freedom, as he picks the magazine/article he wants to read, so it’s basically self-directed…

Okay, so I’m not your average homeschooler.  I realize this.  I work full-time.  So does my husband.  My older son happily & successfully attends public school.    My 10 year old is homeschooled.  And you know what?  He’s THRIVING and happy.   How do I work it?   I know you’re wondering.   Well, the truth is, I use a ’schedule’ of what he should accomplish each day, and my retired parents ’supervise’ four days a week.  Questions that they (or the internet) can’t answer, wait until I get home.   Ry does ‘Monday’ school, which includes Spanish, and on-line math (the way-cool Aleks.com) to keep him challenged.   We’re still ‘tinkering’ with the curriculum, somewhat, but it will remain basically the same.

Also, the schedule I set up for him has built-in breaks.  So if he’s tired, he can rest a bit, if he’s hungry, he can snack.  He hasn’t had ONE headache or vomiting episode since school ended last June.  This is a WONDERFUL thing, people.  WONDERFUL.

LOVE. IT. We just played around with the free demo, and it’s AWESOME!