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Raising Children Who Feel at Home in the World

With globalization, international travel, and the internet it seems like the world is getting smaller.  Businesses are seeking out people who feel comfortable working with those of different cultures and backgrounds, and people willing to travel and live in other countries. Besides the world is just becoming a more complex place, and it is more important than ever for us to get to know our neighbors and understand where they are coming from. So, how can we prepare our children for entering into this global society?

Here are a few ideas to get you started:

- Don’t be afraid to travel with your children. Take them places, expose them to different cultures, different foods, different languages, different climates, different terrains. We have travelled extensively with our children – our oldest has been through museums in London, on safari in South Africa, in the Vatican and Coliseum in Rome, through the Uffizi museum in Florence, snorkeling with dolphins, fish, and turtles in Hawaii, and through Roman and Crusader ruins in Israel, and he is just shy of his sixth birthday (okay, I know we have been very lucky to do all of this, but even one trip can make a lasting impression).

- Seek out ways to learn more about the different cultures represented in your area. Look for cultural center events, go to authentic restaurants to experience different types of food (and maybe meet the owners), put in effort to meet and get to know your neighbors who are from different backgrounds.

- Make studying world geography an important part of your homeschool curriculum. You can really immerse yourself in this type of study – read about it, look at picture books, make cultural costumes, watch a documentary on the region, prepare and eat local styled food, learn a few words of the language, read folk stories from the area, study their art, listen to their music, plan an international cultural day with your local homeschool co-op or group.

- Use resources on the internet, such as National Geographic’s My Wonderful World, and for older children expose them to international news on websites such as BBC and CNN international (not CNN on TV,  I was surprised to realize, upon moving back to the US, that the CNN aired here is not the same as the CNN that the rest of the world sees).

For more ideas look through the book “Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World”. It is filled with ideas on how to learn about and become comfortable with people and cultures from around the world.

Kami can be found raising her two little world travelers at Nurturing the tender years.

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Recharge: Claim the Small Victories

Life as a homeschooling parent is always busy. As a mom, I always feel challenged and I am constantly learning. Sometimes, though, the day to day blends together and it is hard for me to feel energized or excited. Sometimes I even feel a lack of greatness in what I am doing.

I think in these moments, I can learn the most by watching my children. They find joy and validation in the simplest victories, and I am usually right there cheering them on too.  Becoming my own cheerleader and claiming my own small victories reminds me that I have done well. Whether I have made dinner every night without succumbing to the fast food or delivery temptations, returned ALL the library books on time (no fines!), held my cool during a public child meltdown, or one of the 100’s of the should-do-but don’t-always-do parts of just being Mom, I am going to celebrate.

As adults, we get dulled to the “magic” of doing something for the first time or really doing something well. We raise our voices in cheers for our children, but rarely do it for ourselves or our spouses. Why?

This fall, I am making a special effort to claim my own victories and I am not going to do it silently. I am going to yell “Hurray!” when the books slide through the book slot, I will dance around the table on Friday night when the final home cooked meal for the week is served, I will indulge in a single piece of just-for-the-occasion- chocolate when I stay cool in the face of a meltdown, I will proclaim loudly “That is a beautifully folded stack of laundry!”

Will you join me? I would love to hear about your small victories and how you celebrated them.

Melissa is a dancing a jig for completing this post to share with you.  See her other mini celebrations at HopeSprouts.

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Spelling Made Easy!

This summer I knew we needed to catch up on some of the skills we missed out on at the end of our school year because of the unexpected events that we experienced.   One of the areas I knew we really had been lacking in was spelling.   It just hadn’t been a very big concern of mine at the time but I knew I really needed to make an effort to catch my kids up to where I felt they should be.

While I pondered just how to do this a couple of my girls came to me with an idea.  They didn’t know I was trying to figure out how to secretly do school without the kids feeling like I was taking over their summer break.  Instead, they came to me with a thirst for knowledge and a way to obtain it.   They decided that we should do a “word of the day”.

Of course I told them this was a fantastic idea!  I had found my way to teach, for them to learn and for all of us to feel like we were accomplishing something without feeling like we were missing out on summer in the process.   Because they came up with the idea I asked them how they hoped to proceed with doing the “word of the day”. They each thought they would think of words that they wanted to learn and every morning we’d go over them and then at night they would spell them for me.  I told them this was a great idea and that we’d start the next morning.

That first morning the girls thought a great word would be “dictionary”. I thought it was great too.  So, we started with dictionary, included encyclopedia and many other wonderful words over the summer.  They quickly decided that they wanted different words from each other so we had a pretty large list going.  I would sometimes subconsciously plant a word or two in their minds for the next day but overall the kids chose words that really interested them and that they hoped to spell.  Each night they’d spell their words at the dinner table and try to impress each other.   Most of the time they not only learned their own word but the word their siblings were learning too!

The kids have had fun so far with learning new words each day.  It hasn’t been a struggle to get them to learn and to practice.  Sometimes in order to teach we have to let go of the reigns and let the kids take the lead.  Our “word of the day” has been so successful.  The kids are so proud of themselves and I feel like we’ve done some catching up and are back on track for our new school year that we will start in September.  At the rate the kids are going they will have learned about 300 new words by the end of the summer.  I know I am proud of them and they are proud of themselves.   What a great way to learn!

Did you do anything particular this summer to prepare your children for the upcoming school year that your children just loved?

Michelle writes about her family and their homeschooling life at her blog Pass The Flu Bug Please.  If you have time stop by and say  hello!

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Autumn Equinox Is A Geography Bonanza

The first day of autumn is right around the corner! This year it falls on September 22, 2010 at 11:09 PM (Eastern).  It’s called the autumnal equinox, and this real life event is a great way to work a little astronomy and world culture into your homeschool lessons.

There are two equinoxes during the year, the vernal and the autumnal.  In the northern hemisphere, the vernal equinox heralds the first day of spring, and the Autumnal officially begins fall.  On the equinox, there is an equal amount of sunlight and darkness.  From here on out in North America, the days will be getting shorter and nightfall will occur earlier and earlier.

The Equinox isn’t merely an astronomical event.  Many cultures and traditions mark the day with special ceremonies or rituals.  Why not celebrate the autumnal equinox with a geographic trip around the world?  Get a map and mark the countries as you learn about them.

The pyramid El Castillo at Chichen Itza, built by the Mayans, was specifically designed to create patterns of significance on the Equinoxes.  The form of their serpent god, Kulkukan, appears in the play of shadow and light on these two days of the year.  Watch footage of the Equinox shadows (Spanish, with English subtitles).  The precision that these cultures constructed their monuments, without computers, is amazing!

In Ancient Ireland and Britain, the Fall Equinox was a huge celebration.  The party lives on in Fall Harvest Festivals.  The Castelrigg Stone Circle seems to be oriented to take advantage of the sun’s position on the autumnal equinox, when the sun rises over a prominent knoll.

The Autumnal Equinox has been a national holiday in Japan since 1948.  It’s traditionally a day spent with family and visiting the graves of loved one.

In Korea, the three day fall festival of Chuseok is held around the equinox.  Similar to Japan, it’s a time of remembrance and pilgrimages to ancestral lands and holdings to honor ancestors.  It’s also a time of feasting with traditional foods and an abundant spread at the table.

How do you mark the seasons?

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Back To School Through The Years

Back to school is upon us, and who can escape it? Even for those of us who homeschool, we are bombarded by ads for the must-have Twilight notebooks, erasable highlighters, and scented book covers. But is it really worth all the hype? After seven years at this gig, I am finally immune to the hoopla. Unfortunately, it took a long time coming. Come take a stroll down memory lane with me as I reflect on our back to school experience through the years!

Oh boy! First grade! Time for some serious learning!We’re ahead! If we buckle down, we can finish second grade by December!On schedule: Saxon, Writing, Spelling, Grammar, Science, Ancient History, Art Appreciation, Latin… what else can I fit into that last half hour?Groan, is summer over already?The Plan: State history, lots of writing, and BIG cross-curricular projects.Summer was awesome! Forget the state standards — this year, we’re going to play, read, paint, and go on field trips!Whatever… At this point in our homeschool journey, back to school really is a big whatever. Gone are the big plans, as well as the dread. There is no longer that impending sense of doom that this year, we have to finish this book or that lesson and everything had better be good. We have finally reached the point where there is not much of a separation between home and school — it’s just… our life. And that is exactly how I like it!

Amida is mom to three laid back kids and blogs about their adventures at Journey Into Unschooling. She not buying a single new pencil this month.

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The Homeschooling Drive Thru

I have a confession – sometimes I go through the drive thru. Yes, I said it!  It’s true.

BUT I only go through the drive thru under certain circumstances like when:

I am starving and I just can’t wait any longer to eatI am in a hurry and don’t have time to sit down and enjoy a mealI’m so exhausted I can’t even contemplate preparing a meal for my family

What does the fast food joint really offer me?  It’s not healthier food.  It’s not a better family bonding moment.  It’s not saving me money.   What it is offering me, is well, making me feel full while someone else does the work.

Recently, as I was partaking of a greasy beef patty held together by it’s shiny outer wrapping, I began reflecting on the idea of whole fast food thing.  Being a homeschooling mom, my thoughts naturally started gravitating to homeschooling.

I started asking myself questions like -

Am I giving my kids assignments just to get some ‘schooling’ in (to fill them) or am I more interested in actually nourishing their minds and hearts?Am I limiting their time to satisfy their curiosity and delve into areas of personal interests, because I am pushing them to hurry and complete “x” number of subjects  each day?Am I pushing them into more independent work to give myself a break or because they are truly ready and happy to explore on their own?

Just like the fast food drive thru, if we aren’t careful, we can pull up to the homeschooling drive thru a little too often.  Sure we might have filled our children, but have we nourished them? Have we bonded with them during the experience? Is there too much going on in our lives to truly put in the effort to strengthen and educate them?  Would you like some fries with that? I’m just asking.

If you have a bit of time, you are welcome to drive thru our piece of the net @ Noggins & Nonsense.  It’s fat free and not a single calorie to boot. ?

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