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01/23/2004 Archived Entry: "school stuff"

We're on a break right now from our lessons because they kept getting interrupted for various activities that needed my attention. This means that on days like today where we don't have to do anything at all, I start feeling the guilt for taking a break. But I don't want to do lessons today and then not be able to do them for another week because of birthday happenings. Once the big 5 hits, we'll all be back to normal around here and we can start doing lessons 4 or 5 days a week again. The irony is I was chompin' at the bit, so to speak, back in November to do our map and animals unit studies but had to hold off until she received her globe for Christmas. She loves her globe, plays with it often, and now I'm putting off the unit studies! Oh well, it is just temporary and not even a little deal in the grand scheme of things. Of course, now that Tabitha is turning 5, everyone is the world asks her about going to school soon. She's well rehearsed though and just tells people that she is homeschooled. We've received varying responses, but all of them positive. I hate to think of what Tabitha will think the first time someone gives a negative reaction. She's can be sensitive to what people think. She went 6 months or so without reading in front of anyone (except us, of course) because it generated so many comments from other people. Thankfully she seems to be over that now. The new thing is she wonders why her friends don't read the proper words on things and doesn't believe me when I tell her it's because they can't read. She thinks that's silly, lol. She's been reading for so long she doesn't remember not knowing how, I guess.

As long as I'm talking of school stuff, I found out that one of the teacher supply stores near me closed. I guess the owners retired. There's a homeschool resource center not too terribly far from here, maybe a 20-minute jaunt on the freeway, but I never think about going and checking it out. I always say "oh, maybe next week" lol

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