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Thursday, July 03, 2008
Reorganising, rethinking
As well as giving my website a much needed revamp, I've been doing the same at home. Over the last week or so Tim and I (he did the mostly the garden and I did indoors) have really done wonders with our house. It looks beautiful and decluttered and tranquil now *smiles*. Doing this has given me the chance to put out some of my home "makes" - for example, in our hall way, I've put a revamped noticeboard, a decorated box for my make up and a flowerpot. I made the flowerpot by wrapping plain string round and round an old tin, gluing it in place and roughly painting it gold. I added some lavender that I cut from our garden and, in the small space of our hall, it smells divine! I also keep my mad, spotty shopping bag in the hall and you can just about see it in the picture.
The only thing that spoils this pic is the chipped paint above the radiator (must do the walls soon!):
Oh, and I took another photo of Mo today ..... he spends most of his time indoors these days, sleeping on the bed. Sometimes, though he ventures outside (but never going very far) and he sleeps in the sun for a bit.
I've been giving a lot of thought lately to homeschool ... in particular April. She has, herself, expressed a desire NOT to go to "big school" because (in her own words) it would "take too long to be home". She means that she doesn't want to stay there all day (I believe in being honest with my kids and telling them the truth and, in the case of school, she would have to stay there most of the day). She does enjoy her nursery but I believe that is because she is only there a couple times a week - it's a change of scenery for her.
Sure, there are benefits to school for her BUT they are far outweighed by the benefits of homeschool....
- Freedom to grow at her own pace
- Freedom to choose social activities that suit her
- Freedom to play more instead of spending the vast amount of time doing schoolwork and homework
- Freedom to be with her sister and parents more instead of being separated from them for huge amounts of time
The biggest benefit of her being at school is to me ........ a bit more freedom (selfish eh?) She clearly DOES enjoy a challenge but *shrugs* I guess challenges can be found in other ways.
I've still applied for a school place for her but, given the above, and given the fact that we may well move before she is due to start, I can't see her going ............. we'll see.
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