Comments for Adventures on Brook Road II http://catebrook.wordpress.com I'm a mom of one boy, one girl, and two goldfish, and they're all smarter than me. Tue, 12 May 2009 04:12:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Still coping with the fiasco known as school… by Anne http://catebrook.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/still-coping-with-the-fiasco-known-as-school/#comment-529 Anne Tue, 12 May 2009 04:12:06 +0000 http://catebrook.wordpress.com/?p=431#comment-529 I can understand the obsession. There are so many great blogs from homeschoolers - if you need some links, email me. We are beginning our school journey with public school this year. I am just going to take one year at a time. It should be easier than this. I can understand the obsession. There are so many great blogs from homeschoolers – if you need some links, email me. We are beginning our school journey with public school this year. I am just going to take one year at a time. It should be easier than this.

]]> Comment on Still coping with the fiasco known as school… by lori http://catebrook.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/still-coping-with-the-fiasco-known-as-school/#comment-528 lori Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:01:55 +0000 http://catebrook.wordpress.com/?p=431#comment-528 hee re: the airstream .. so many people fantasize about owning one! go for it! :^) hee re: the airstream .. so many people fantasize about owning one! go for it! :^)

]]> Comment on Know what? by catebrook http://catebrook.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/know-what/#comment-527 catebrook Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:10:23 +0000 http://catebrook.wordpress.com/?p=442#comment-527 I will try. I will try.

]]> Comment on Know what? by Catherine http://catebrook.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/know-what/#comment-526 Catherine Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:53:43 +0000 http://catebrook.wordpress.com/?p=442#comment-526 me too. Pact? me too. Pact?

]]> Comment on Still coping with the fiasco known as school… by Gretchen Skovron http://catebrook.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/still-coping-with-the-fiasco-known-as-school/#comment-525 Gretchen Skovron Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:32:07 +0000 http://catebrook.wordpress.com/?p=431#comment-525 We are in a similar situation and I just put a ton of books on hold at my library about how to homeschool and unschool etc. We are in a similar situation and I just put a ton of books on hold at my library about how to homeschool and unschool etc.

]]> Comment on Still coping with the fiasco known as school… by catebrook http://catebrook.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/still-coping-with-the-fiasco-known-as-school/#comment-524 catebrook Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:53:29 +0000 http://catebrook.wordpress.com/?p=431#comment-524 Oh no, Lori! Thank YOU! for sharing what you know!!!! BTW, I'm super jealous of you Airstream.......... Oh no, Lori! Thank YOU! for sharing what you know!!!! BTW, I’m super jealous of you Airstream……….

]]> Comment on Still coping with the fiasco known as school… by lori http://catebrook.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/still-coping-with-the-fiasco-known-as-school/#comment-523 lori Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:56:36 +0000 http://catebrook.wordpress.com/?p=431#comment-523 thank you so much for the link, and good luck! :^) thank you so much for the link, and good luck! :^)

]]> Comment on Still coping with the fiasco known as school… by catebrook http://catebrook.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/still-coping-with-the-fiasco-known-as-school/#comment-522 catebrook Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:18:41 +0000 http://catebrook.wordpress.com/?p=431#comment-522 Catherine, I hope this means that Elliot got full day! One of the local private preschools (yes, you read that right) has this happen too. My insane SIL and her husband would camp out in this freezing weather beginning at 1230 am--and they were never there alone. It was to sign up for the "best teacher" at the "best hour." whatever! We don't have this for our public school though, thank goodness. Yes, there are programs directed for homeschool families. I am only discovering them now because it was never something I had ever paid attention to. The Yahoo group is a great resource of information. Catherine, I hope this means that Elliot got full day! One of the local private preschools (yes, you read that right) has this happen too. My insane SIL and her husband would camp out in this freezing weather beginning at 1230 am–and they were never there alone. It was to sign up for the “best teacher” at the “best hour.” whatever!

We don’t have this for our public school though, thank goodness.

Yes, there are programs directed for homeschool families. I am only discovering them now because it was never something I had ever paid attention to. The Yahoo group is a great resource of information.

]]> Comment on Still coping with the fiasco known as school… by catebrook http://catebrook.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/still-coping-with-the-fiasco-known-as-school/#comment-521 catebrook Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:12:27 +0000 http://catebrook.wordpress.com/?p=431#comment-521 Oh, I hope these are the right answers, Eren! Oh, I hope these are the right answers, Eren!

]]> Comment on Still coping with the fiasco known as school… by Catherine http://catebrook.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/still-coping-with-the-fiasco-known-as-school/#comment-520 Catherine Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:52:43 +0000 http://catebrook.wordpress.com/?p=431#comment-520 Baking a cake is a learning tool too, measure the ingredients, read the recipe, don't ouch the oven rack ... kids learn a lot just participating in their own lives. But you already knew that. Maybe there's a compromise out there for you? Around here we have programs that are directed at home school families. Either afternoon lessons that would just be too much to do at home alone, or sports at the rec center. In other crazy news - I was at our neighborhood school at 5:30am today to register Elliot for full-day kindergarten (traditionally there had only been one class, 25 kids). I was #15 in line. At 5:30am. #1 in line got there at 3:30am. Somethings gone wrong with our school systems. Baking a cake is a learning tool too, measure the ingredients, read the recipe, don’t ouch the oven rack … kids learn a lot just participating in their own lives. But you already knew that. Maybe there’s a compromise out there for you? Around here we have programs that are directed at home school families. Either afternoon lessons that would just be too much to do at home alone, or sports at the rec center.

In other crazy news – I was at our neighborhood school at 5:30am today to register Elliot for full-day kindergarten (traditionally there had only been one class, 25 kids). I was #15 in line. At 5:30am. #1 in line got there at 3:30am. Somethings gone wrong with our school systems.

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