Catégorie : Everything Else 🙂
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Grade 5 Learning Project – 2022 update
We’ve been homeschooling again since about mid-January. Jack was back in school as of September and I was actually his classroom teacher. But once again the Quebec government’s treatment of the school system during a pandemic had me scurrying us home. We were teaching online the week after Winter break. During that week, we received…
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DEM documents
Throughout the year I will need to complete a few administrative documents that outline my responsibilities to the Direction de l’enseignement à la maison (DEM) of the Ministère de l’éducation et enseignement supérieure (MEES). I’ll keep them here. If they can help anyone else, that is great. It is always comforting to see models. Learning…
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Homeschool journal – December update
So our learning from home gig has had multiple iterations since we started in September and it will likely continue to shift. It makes sense, as people our interests and focuses shift all the time – why would how we learn be any different? Looking back at my last post in October, I realize that…
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Homeschool Journal – Our Schedule
I belong to a few homeschooling groups on Facebook and I see A LOT of posts about schedules. I just googled homeschool + schedule and the same thing comes up… lots of hits. I have mixed feelings about the schedule. Or maybe it is related to finding the perfect schedule. I don’t think there is…
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Kung fu and Minecraft math
We just finished a Kung Fu workout. We haven’t been attending our physical classes lately because of various covid-related issues. I wasn’t feeling well so went with caution and didn’t do anything with others. Then Montreal entered zone orange and I became concerned about being near others so I could still assure safety for my…