The Life of Cat

  • Enriching Homeschooling Adventure for Daughters | Academic Growth and Fun Learning

    I have been finding all sorts of activities for my daughters to make sure their homeschooling journey starts with a bang. I have, of course, been teaching them since birth. But now we’re getting into traditional academics and I am finding resources everywhere and I am excited.

    I bought a couple of workbooks off of Amazon, including Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills and The Essential Homeschool Preschool and Pre-K Workbook. We have tried to keep the TV only on alphabet shows, including Sesame Street. I also purchased The Moments at Home curriculum. I want my girls to be able to read. I love it so much and I was taught at 3. I want them to be able to discover the wonderfulness that is reading.

    Aside from that, I also discovered amazing toolkits on World Wildlife Fund to teach about animals and the earth. And I purchased Let’s Go Geography. We can’t only focus on reading when there are so many other things to learn.

    My daughters love doing everything together, so even though they are 15 months apart and Isabella is able to do some things without Keilani, I do not want to split them up. I know as they age, they will discover different interests and will eventually do different things. But for now, they love being together and have the same interests, so I keep it that way. Keilani is still too young for some things. So I look for programs that allow 3-year-olds, which are few and far between. Everything seems to start at 4. Girl Scouts and Scouting America start at 4.

    We did a trial of martial arts for a month, but the commitment and the price were too much for our family, so that idea is on hold for now, even though they loved it. We have signed them up for 2 dance classes for the summer. They are in tumbling/jazz and ballet/tap. They have had one class so far of each and they loved it. Hopefully that continues, as they both love to dance in general and this will have more structure and give them the social aspect as well.

    I also signed them up for SpiralScouts, so they are now Raindrops. They had their first virtual meeting and they loved it. I decided to attempt to charter a Hearth, so I am in the process of doing that. I also discovered Quest Club and I signed them up for that. The amount of badges are amazing and are great for homeschooling.

    I joined a group on Facebook called Secular, Eclectic, Academic (SEA) Homeschoolers and they have amazing resources and have really motivated me for my homeschooling. I have many many homeschooling groups I am a part of on Facebook but they are the ones that really got me going after a virtual conference they had last month.

    I am so excited to be on this journey with my daughters. There is so much to teach them and learn with them!

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    • It’s Easier to Give Advice than to Take It

      I’ve always wondered why celebrities take negative comments so personally. It comes with the territory. You know what you’re getting into, even if you have never experienced it before. You know to ignore the negative comments and not let it get to you. You know that there are people out there that are downright rude when they don’t have to say anything to your face. There are people that don’t do any research and do not read additional comments and are sarcastic trolls and do not know how to keep scrolling when they have nothing productive to add to a conversation.

      But when it’s you yourself, it is much harder to just ignore it and not take it personally, especially when it has never happened before. And it is hard to rise above those people and not start anything when it is useless to and you know better than to take the bait. I made an FYI comment on a post on Facebook about information I remember learning in a baby book I read when I had my first daughter in 2019. I had not checked to see if it had been updated, it was just information that was still rattling around in my brain. The comment blew up–at least in my terms, considering the most comments I usually get on anything is like 5 and usually from friends and family.

      Some people gave me updated information and I thanked them for the learning opportunity. I did not update my original comment because I feel it is important for people out there to see my information and then the information I learned and how I responded to it, as I believe it is important to watch someone respond appropriately and learn from others in a conversation. However, others have attacked me and cussed me out. I have been told I should never have children and have had a ton of sarcastic comments thrown at me.

      I have not risen to any of the bait, though it has been hard. I have not started any pointless arguments. But I have been hurt by some of the comments, even though I know that they were made from people that did not take the time to read my responses to other comments with more updated information. And now I can see how some celebrities just delete their accounts when it gets too bad. I am nowhere near that stage, but I understand it now.

      Y’all, I am always open to learning new things. I am not always right. It is impossible for anyone to be right all the time. Things change often, as well, with new discoveries all the time. It is not ok to just attack people on the internet in comments and say uncalled for things and hide behind your keyboard. Go do research when you comment and give actual information instead of name-calling like a child and being sarcastic. There are people on the other side of that post. I am on the other side of that post. I am a real person with feelings. I am a nice person and I do appreciate education. Please think before you comment and post.

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    • Daily Writing Prompt: What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year?

      Daily writing prompt
      What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year?
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      This year has been such an awful year that I saw this prompt and decided to run with it to search for the good anywhere in this past year.

      I was promoted.

      I found a migraine medicine that actually helps me.

      I was invited to and joined 2 honor societies.

      And then of course, my husband and my daughters are always positives in my life.

      When I try to think any harder, I focus on only negative aspects of my life. So I guess this is where I leave this post.

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