jan. 1, 2008 new year, new start

I spent a ridiculous amount of time awake last night praying through my regrets. now, before you go calling me a legalist, it was actually entirely cathartic and peace-inducing. just me, my blankets and my God, sweetly calling to remembrance those things that I thought I had dealt with which actually needed to be laid at His feet for good. the whole process took about an hour or so, and it left me fresh to tackle today's task ... refining the schedule for this next term of lessons.
now, before we embarked on our Christmas break of sorts, my oldest got out the Farmer's Almanac for 2007 and did a handwriting analysis. ok, so now I am a heathen. but for those who actually know something about me, here are the results:
you are expressive, extroverted. you have avoidance of the past (see above), a communicative nature, courage in facing life. goals are important (ask my children what we discussed on the way home last night, being new year's eve). you enjoy the spotlight, have imagination, strong willpower, optimism, fickleness, lively wit, original mind, thirsty mind, critical, practicality, caution, good judgement, conflicted between keen mind and yielding nature.
right on the money (not that we endorse gambling of any kind in this house). it made me chuckle when I came across my forgotten place in Elaine Cooper's book When Children Love to Learn
Looking at what is to be taught throughout the years of schooling can be an overwhelming task at times as we see examples of delayed and accelerated learning. These are two extremes to avoid. The attitude of not introducing a discipline of study until children show an interest allows children to limit themselves according to what they know, as well as to acquire a debilitating habit of acting according to feelings. By contrast, the accelerated approach looks at learning in the realm of conquest rather than as a natural affinity in relationship with the world.
this has certainly proven to be my biggest homeschooling struggle. my interest in unschooling methods which seem to produce such spontaneous adventures and my desire for structure and routine. not all of life is a rollercoaster ride ... there lies much of the mundane in a month. if only soap operas where this good ...
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