[HSList] Another h-s family

[Scott & Jody Arnold & family]

Here's another family (on the ORSIG list) relating what their h-sing
looks like.

jody
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>If I asked my kids to do that schedule every day, they would be burnt out
>in a fairly short period of time and I'd have a rebellion on my hands - I
>know from experience. :-) We do some workbook stuff, lots of reading (the
>public library is our best friend!!!), some computer time, one or two
>carefully selected videos a week, lots of games and what I choose to call
>creative assignments (figure out how to do ...?), projects, and lots of
>field trips. We also make time for hobbies, which are just as important as
>schoolwork, IMO. For geography, we have huge maps on the wall opposite the
>kids bathroom and while brushing teeth, we play "Can you find...?" We
>also listen to audio tapes whenever we get in the car. Last summer, we
>listened to Spanish tapes every time we got in the car to go anywhere and
>by the end of the summer, my kids had learned a splattering of Spanish and
>can certainly recognize the language whenever they hear it (which is a good
>start, I think).
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>Most importantly, all kids like all people need time to themselves to do
>whatever they want to do (I believe that kids probably need a bit more time
>to themselves than do adults because so much is happening to them in such a
>short period of time that they can get overtired and overstressed quite
>easily).
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>Yesterday, we took a long walk and while we walked we talked about parts of
>speech and stuff like that, and then we did some spelling exercises. When
>we got done with our walk, we all felt great, we'd had a good time, and we
>had accomplished a great deal of English homework without ever touching a
>workbook (and I guess we could probably get credit for "Phys Ed" at the
>same time).
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>Maybe the lessons can't all be fun (learning how to do long division isn't
>fun for a great many people and my son was no exception), but if you manage
>to make enough of the learning process entertaining, then your kids will
>forgive you for the stuff they have to do that's not - like long division.
> :-)
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>BTW, my kids help do the housework - after all, it's their house, too, and
>they certainly contribute to the mess! (Yes, it is more work that way, but
>some day it won't be... on a far planet, in a distant galaxy...?)
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