Drama Free Zone

My daughter is now playing Volleyball for the middle school she would be attending if she wasn't homeschooled. Anyway she told me that one of the girls asked her if she was going to public school next year. She responded that she wasn't sure. Her 'new friend' responded with, "You should go here, but there's a lot if drama, too much drama!" Ok that was a nice wake up call as to one of the reasons we are on this journey. So far, my daughter has been more polite and less moody.  She gets enough sleep and doesn't have crazy pressure from peers at school. I think from experience she knows all about drama. She has had it every year since 2nd grade being in public school. Now here is the big question that follows...does being submerged into the girl drama teach her how to withstand it? I think she knows how to deal with and handle it well. Being that just last year it, (the drama), was around her bad! Is drama part of the 'real world'? Of course it is. Does drama have to be a part of her everyday life? Hmmm I don't think so. How much drama can one handle? I remember when we first started  homeschool was she told me, "Mom, I like not having to worry about whose going to be my friend today." Me too darling...me too. 

Taffy

This is Taffy, a dog who lives in the neighborhood. Her owner informed me that he and his wife have been married since 1953. 59 years!

Another week

This week flew by. Today Milalai was having a hard time with one assignment. Reading about the Oliver Twist novel out of what every 6th grade should know. I had her read to me, since she gets distracted easily. It worked out well. Now, Oliver Twist will be added to the growing list of books she would like to read. She is into Little Women and Hunger Games at the moment. She is taking her time with those. Also, I wanted to add she started her art class yesterday. She painted an abstract piece that should be finished next week. I got a peak at what she did and it looks really nice.

Art Museum

Math

 We decided to use Saxon math for our daughter. You can learn all about the Saxon math here.
We bought all the newest addition books as used through eBay to save money.  It was a smart move as books certainly can add up.

All you have to do is ask, then ask again.

On the homeschool website my hubby saw that some schools will let you borrow text books.  I called what would be our daughters public middle school and asked if I could borrow the same books they use in the classroom.  It took some haggling, some phone calls and a few weeks to get some answers. In the end the answer was no. They didn't have any extra books to loan out to me.  They said they were even short handed.
I called another middle school. I explained my situation and the lady I spoke with happily let me come by to pic up a English book and a Science book. They too, were low on the other books, math and history. However, she did let me know what books they use for math and history.
While there I asked her about the school which is well known for their Science program. She said they have a waiting list for students to get into that school.  I also asked her, out of curiosity, how many students were in each class.  She stated, no less than 30.

Social studies studying

Learning about homo sapiens and homo erectus on social studies. One reason I am enjoying homeschooling is I get to learn along with my daughter.