http://www.giftedhomeschool.net Homeschooling gifted children in Boulder County, Colorado and the world Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:05:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My girls are participating in a summer musical produced by a local children's theater group.  There are between 100-200 people per cast, and 2 casts.  Needless to say, an 8 year old and a 5 year old are not going to get huge parts.  In fact, during this entire 1.5 ... http://www.giftedhomeschool.net/uncategorized/determining-the-value-of-extra-curriculars/ I'm wrapping up my first year of homeschool, and my husband and I have spent some time discussing how it has gone. Socially?  We agree that Emily is a happy, well adjusted girl who is welcoming to all.   She counts many children as friends(funnily enough, last year she only considered 1 ... http://www.giftedhomeschool.net/education/is-more-than-enough-adequate/ Our family spent last summer in the Snowmass/Aspen area.  While there, Camille, my youngest, became ill.  After 5 days of vomiting and hardly eating, I felt we needed to see a doctor, just to rule out all the scary things that could be the cause.  Like the good little Kaiser ... http://www.giftedhomeschool.net/uncategorized/consciencious-health-insurance-company-an-oxymoron/ Since becoming a homeschooler and as such, a member of a fantastic homeschool community, I have come to the realization that concurrent, alternate universes exist.  I know this for a fact, since I currently have a foot in two of them. There is the universe that revolves around how you appear ... http://www.giftedhomeschool.net/uncategorized/alternate-parenting-universes/ Our town recently opened a brand spankin new library and community center(same location, separate bond issues and buildings).  I am at the library so much that one of the Librarians said I should have a frequent user card! Sometimes I feel extremely guilty when I use the library.  I feel like ... http://www.giftedhomeschool.net/uncategorized/i-homeschool-and-i-am-an-addict/ The more things change, the more they stay the same.  I remember playing in these same hanging beads as a little girl.  They were my favorite thing about visiting my grandma and grandpa.  They are a favorite of my girls, too. :-) http://www.giftedhomeschool.net/off-topic/great-grandmas-house/ Today, Camille turns 5.  Its hard to believe--the time has just flown by.  She has grown from a difficult baby, unhappy with the world, to a gorgeous, caring, intelligent, and best of all, happy little girl. Even tho she is sick with the flu , she still has a smile and ... http://www.giftedhomeschool.net/off-topic/5th-birthdays-and-the-flu/ "They"(I don't know who the elusive "they" encompasses) say when you pull a child out of school and start homeschooling, you should give them 1-2 months for every year they were in school to deschool--that is, get their spark and desire to learn back. We stopped school last May at the ... http://www.giftedhomeschool.net/uncategorized/deschooling-finally-see-results/ On Saturday, we decided to go to the zoo.  Emily had an early basketball game at the rec center, and we came home, messed around, ate lunch, and were off!  While we try to avoid the Free Day like the plague, since it is always ever so crowded, we just ... http://www.giftedhomeschool.net/education/fun-tapir-fact-learned-at-the-denver-zoo/ We have lost 2 of our dog companions this year to debilitating diseases--the first, Keppler, had lived with Kidney Failure for over a year. Maxwell, who we lost in the past month, was a beagle terrier mix of nearly 16 years. He had an untreatable form of skin ... http://www.giftedhomeschool.net/off-topic/the-aussie-and-the-bassugg/