Saturday, December 16, 2006

The 14 Days of Homeschool

Someone shared this with me and I thought it would be nice to post:


The 14 days of Homeschooling



The 14 days of Homeschooling (sung to The 12 Days of Christmas)



On the first day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “Can you homeschool legally?”


On the second day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “Are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”


On the third day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “Do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”


On the fourth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”


On the fifth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “YOU ARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”


On the sixth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “How long will you homeschool, YOU ARE S0 STRANGE, what about P.E. , do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”


On the seventh day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “Look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you homeschool legally?”


On the eighth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “Why do you do this, look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, what about P.E. do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you homeschool legally?”


On the ninth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “They’ll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E. do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you homeschool legally?”


On the tenth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “What about graduation, they’ll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”


On the eleventh day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “I could never do that, what about graduation, they’ll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”


On the twelfth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “Can they go to college, I could never do that, what about graduation, they’ll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”


On the thirteenth day of homeschool I thoughtfully replied: “They Can go to college, yes you can do this, they can have graduation, we don’t like the prom, we do it cuz we like it, they are missing nothing, we’ll homeschool forever, WE ARE NOT STRANGE!, We give them P.E., and we give them tests, they are socialized, AND WE HOMESCHOOL LEGALLY!


On the fourteenth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “How can I get started, why didn’t you tell me, where do I buy curriculum, when is the next conference, WILL PEOPLE THINK WE’RE STRANGE? I think we can do this, if you will help us, we’ll join a sports team, and we’ll homeschool legally.


Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Declaration of Independence

Today we watched, "Liberty's Kids" and is helping us to conclude this last chapter of Volume 2, so we can move on to Volume 3 of Weaver in January. One more week and we'll be finished. Here's some pics of the kids looking at our Declaration of Independence from Williamsburg. The kids later attempted to write with quill pens. They did pretty good. 


If you plan to teach about the Revolutionary War, I would highly suggest "Liberty's Kids" videos. I was able to purchase them from Amazon for a total of $11-that's including shipping. One was only $1.99! The kids love them and my three year old asked to watch it again!



 



 


Monday, December 4, 2006

Sounding the Shofar

Today, our Bible Lesson wasabout the sounding of the shofar: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

(Numbers 10:3)


And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

(Numbers 10:4)


And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

(Numbers 10:5)


When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

(Numbers 10:6)


When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

(Numbers 10:7)


But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

(Numbers 10:8)


And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

(Numbers 10:9)


And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

(Numbers 10:10)


 


To hear the sounding of a shofar:


http://www.holidays.net/highholydays/shofar.htm


 


    

    


 


 



  


Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.

 


(Numbers 10:1)



(Numbers 10:2)