Yes, I Filed My New York Home School Lesson Plans

January 11, 2010

I know I’m a little late, okay, a lot late in posting our Fourth Grade Lesson Plans.  But, I did turn them into my school district back in September, or was it October?  More or less, when they were due.
If you’ve been following the news, you’ve heard that a local couple was charged with [...]

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Home Instruction Quarterly Report, 4th Grade I

January 11, 2010

This is the first Home Instruction Quarterly Report that I filed with my school district in early October, 2009:
September 30, 2009
Name: Alex
Blog Website: http://alexhomegate.blogspot.com
Grade: 4th
Hours of instruction this quarter: 225
Arithmetic: Alex has achieved mastery of addition math facts (100 problems in 5 minutes,) and he is well on his way to achieving mastery of [...]

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Individualized Home Instruction Plan, Grade 4

January 11, 2010

This is the document that I filed with my local school district at the beginning of the academic year.
Name: Alex
Age: 10
Grade Level: Fourth Grade
Dates for submittal of Quarterly Reports:

September 30, 2009
December 30, 2009
March 31, 2010
June 30, 2010

Individual providing instruction: Sandra Foyt
Introduction: We are creating an integrated, interest-based curriculum that evolves to reflect Alex’s interests [...]

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How To Write The SAHM Blogger Resume

January 8, 2010

It’s been fifteen years since I last updated my resume, a long time and a lot has changed since I was a not-so-young graduate student.
I became a mom, for one thing.  And somehow traveling the world as a human rights advocate didn’t seem quite as appealing as staying with my family and making a [...]

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Are you coming already? Dog In Training!

January 3, 2010

Who needs New Year’s Resolutions to get more exercise when there’s a dog in the family?  A dog who demands daily walks.  Neither blinding snow, bone-chilling wind, or swarms of wild turkeys will keep our ruggedly handsome Yoohoo indoors.  This dog insists on working off the extra holiday calories so he can stay trim [...]

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What To Expect From On Living By Learning In 2010

January 2, 2010

Got my motor running, my brain is on fire thinking about everything I want to accomplish this year.  Number one on the list is letting you know what you can expect from On Living By Learning this year.
As I mentioned before, I’m planning to retool On Living By Learning to focus on Enrichment, but [...]

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2010 Writing Resolution: Get Published

December 30, 2009

I’m going to get published this year.
I’m not sure what I’m going to publish, or where, or how often, but it’s going to happen.  This is my 2010 Resolution.
Facing 2008, when my writing career was getting a jumpstart on this blog, I resolved to write with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett’s Pen On Fire: a busy woman’s [...]

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Mommy and Me: iPhone Mom vs. iPhone Teen

December 30, 2009

Santa arrived a little late this year.  Tonight he came bearing nearly identical iPhones and a snazzy LG Neon for Teen Daughter, Mother-in-law, and I.  Santa didn’t just bring baubles, he brought a bargain.
My dear husband, a/k/a “Santa”, discovered that he could actually save money on our monthly cellphone family plan by switching from [...]

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Changing the Holiday Plans

December 23, 2009

Some families keep up the same family traditions every year.  Not us.
In the thirteen years that we’ve had our own family Christmas, we’ve found at least thirteen different ways to celebrate the holiday. 
We’ve celebrated at home with the full lit tree, Christmas Eve family dinner, Christmas Mass, and the full glory of Christmas [...]

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We’re Not Decorating for the Holidays This Year

December 20, 2009

I love to decorate for Christmas, but we’re taking a break this year. 
When I was a teenager living in the Caribbean, where Christmas trees are shipped in from Canada, I would go to extraordinary measures to bring home one of these transatlantic survivors.  We didn’t have an ornament collection to put on the scrawny [...]

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