Around here, "A Walk to Remember" gets watched at least four times a week-- and it has been that way since Christmas! It is a beautiful love story.... period. Love it! And Mandy Moore-- well the girls love her! I even showed them her singing "Umbrella" where she is covered up very modestly in comparision to Rihanna.
And Galina pointed out during our devotional a few weeks back as I read 1 Corinthians 13 that those same verses were in the movie. I didn't even plan that-- but I know God did-- and that little extra *click* made them love the verse all the more!
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A couple days ago during dinner, John asked the kids what they learned at school. Our homeschoolers didn't say much as they shrugged their shoulders. Grrr. So after dinner they all had to remain seated and write out what they learned.
Me thinks a lesson was learned. ;)
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LOL Christine..... Just wait until somebody asks in public, "Do you like school?" "Do you like your teacher this year? :)
We LOVE A Walk to Remember!!!
Hahahah! I'll have to remember that "if you can't remember what you learned, you can write it down" tip for the kids in my class when I start teaching! :P
One of my favorite movies to watch with my husband. :) The love verse was featured in our wedding several times. :)
Thats what we do too if we ask what was learned...sit at the table and write out all the things. Then when she can tell us one or two things when we ask we are content with that. :) When will Galina "offically" become a Reed?
I love that movie! Great, clean entertainment! That can be hard to find in movies these days.
Ah! I need to see it! I read the book last year and absolutely loved it, but haven't seen the movie.
I had to laugh about your question to your children concerning what they learned in school.
Last night, before I handed the children their supper plate, they too had to tell me one thing they had learned in homeschool that day.
The majority answered enthusiastically. Two chose to 'forget' completely--needless to say, they missed supper, ran a few laps and wrote out five times,
"A fool hides his answer."
It was amazing, after discipline, they both remembered something they had learned :-)
Blessings,
Summer
My sons won't let their sister watch that movie because she walked through the house balling, and wailing, "It's so unfa-a-air!" So funny!
I'm a veteran homeschool mom, with kids who went to college early. My advice is, lighten up! You're not getting graded, although it's easy to feel that way, especially in the beginning. It may take your kids awhile to "recover" from public schooling, but eventually they'll recover their love for learning, and will start to pursue their own interests, which is a great way to motivate them to reach for the stars. We have basic subjects, which have to be done, but for the things they're interested in-- that's where the real learning takes place! A kid can easily become an expert if he/she's interested.
My favorite question is often asked when my kids tell someone at the grocery store that they're home schooled (responding to the old "why aren't you in school?" question that complete strangers feel obligated to ask). They usually receive a response from the questioner like, "Do you like it?" or "Oh my, don't you miss your friends?" augh.
We also love that movie....I will have to dig it out again so the younger girls can cry like the older ones did a few years back...
della
Love that movie!! It makes me cry every time.
I don't usually like to comment like this, but as a former public school teacher and mother of children in the public school system, I am slightly offended by the comment above about "recovering from public schooling". I gave my students every ounce of me. My students respected and loved me, while enjoying learning. My own children are wonderful students getting a great education and LOVE TO LEARN! They come home and are eager to read and tell me all sorts of interesting things they learned. Sometimes I feel they know more than me :) I'm done now :)
I'll have to watch that movie... never saw it!
Dear Anonymous teacher,
I know "you" did your best, but my own home schooler remarked, on returning as a freshman after 2 years at home, "I forgot how it's not cool to raise your hand or be interested in schoolwork." We lived in Dublin, Ohio, supposedly one of the best districts, but the pressure to not like school came from peers. He is just married and pursuing a Masters degree, & plans to HS his own children, once they arrive! My current sophomore, who HS'd 2 years ago, now wants to return to it, saying his public school teachers are uncaring and like to trip up students to make them seem stupid. He is a good student w/no discipline problems (an athlete w/friends in school), yet finds no nurturing in high school. He, too, has commented that it's not cool to want to do well, and we are now in a different district, also well rated. Sorry to burst your bubble, but I think it is well-known in the HS world that children tend to revive a love of learning often lost in public school. I have spoken with other HS parents who found this, and I certainly found it with mine.
Sherry
I'm with Anonymous - homeschooling can be great, and so can public schooling. The variable here is your child.
No form of schooling automatically trumps all others. You make that decision not because "homeschooling is better" or "public/private schooling is better" - you make that decision because you know what type of learning environment will benefit your child more.
Which is exactly what you're doing, Christine :)
I've always found you quite reasonable and I hope you don't turn into one of those parents who switch to homeschooling and suddenly begin acting like it's a one-size-fits-all solution and all public-schooled kids are drones who don't enjoy learning.
Hello, sweet Christine! I read your post and wanted to share with you a strategy I use with my students (both elementary and middle school). Give them an exit ticket or exit slip (some folks call it different things) where they have to recount what they learned in the lesson. Here are a couple of links that I think might be helpful and show you some examples. Take care and wishing you and yours many blessings. Allyn
http://www.scribd.com/doc/4663033/Exit-Ticket-Template
http://www.writingfix.com/WAC/Exit_Tickets.htm (Writing Fix is an amazing writing lesson page web site. Highly recommend.)
http://www.proteacher.net/discussions/showthread.php?t=278356
http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/mathcatch/mainpages/assess_tools/exit_questions.html
Thank you Allyn! I love the exit ticket idea! And I love the hamburger formula.
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