My, oh my…busy, busy, busy! We’ve been moving ahead with all of the logistical details needed to be taken care of in order to start homeschooling this fall. Elijah and Zeke have been doing assessment tests all week and, after attending a showcase for the Minnesota Virtual Academy on Thursday, we finalized our decision to enroll them into that program for this fall. We sent in all of the necessary paperwork to the MNVA on Friday. Hooray!
I feel very blessed to be in one of the fifty states that have a free online school like the MNVA. (There are about 20) It’s a pretty cool program. Not perfect – I plan on troubleshooting my way through it – but it’s free. Like, everything is free. Teacher support if you need it, lots of hands on material, text books…they even ship you a free computer, printer and scanner. The lesson planning is even all done for you, and the daily online assessments will keep us on track and accountable so that we don’t fall behind. I’m excited.
We’re having a great summer vacation too! I love having all my kids together, I really do. I need to start taking pictures for you all. …Oh dear, so much to do, so little time.
Anyway…this is hardly much of a post, but I wanted to let you all know that we are all alive and well.
Later…
Grampie Horsman
June 30, 2009 at 9:43 am
I’m excited for you. Can’t wait to look at some of curriculum — never saw it before and since you can’t take the teacher out of the man, I’m always thrilled when I can look at “new stuff”. Did you note that I have a new email address?
bethany
June 30, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Janet, I was looking into MNVA for Grace. If we hdn’t moved to Milace, I would have homeschooled her. We moved a couple of months before she started kindergarten so that changed my plans. Anyway, I excited for you guys. Happy planning.
Debie
June 30, 2009 at 7:03 pm
free is awesome…a new computer is a bonus, for sure!
mel
June 30, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Wow! That is incredible! What a blessing to not have to cover the start-up costs of homeschooling.
Janet
July 1, 2009 at 6:40 am
Grampie, I will e-mail you the link to the demo account that they have let me use. We’ve been practicing some on some of the lessons (and of course I’m recording their assessment scores so that we can mark “done” on these lessons in the fall!) and we love it! The Science and History I love especially. I’m learning tons of stuff I never knew before…or at least forgot.
Bethany, I vaguely remember that. That seems like a very long time ago indeed.
Darlene
July 2, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Hi Jenny:
This is my week to pray for you. “Heavenly Father embrace Janet with your love this day. Cover her with your love and protection.
Enjoying the visit with your Mom. Today, we work out in my flower gardens all afternoon. Yesterday, we had a lovely day, we cooked a wonderful Canada Day meal.
Love You.