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Hi Caroline, Welcome! :)
I am also a mother to two boys, Elijah (4 but recently turned 5 year old) and Ezekiel (almost 2-year-old). I am also a SAHM but currently going to school full time online too. I fully believe God directs our steps! We are originally from a major city in TX but relocated to a small town several years ago and it is exactly where we needed to be. We love the library, park, walking trails, local coffee shops, and farmers market! My son is not in an “official grade” yet because he didn’t turn 5 until after the first day of school. I’ve never called what we do homeschooling, I guess I would say we do “at home learning” or “otherschooling”. My oldest actually does pre-k just two days a week for a few hours so I can try to study with just our youngest. But I love other goose for intentional connecting and learning with my boys at home! We havent fully decided what to do about kindergarten yet either so we are just testing the waters right now also :)Hello! I am Erin – wife to an agriculture man and mom to a 4-yr-old boy and 2-yr-old girl. We live in Arkansas and, luckily, I know a few people here who home-school, but none that use Other Goose yet.
We don’t home-school at this age, but it’s something we consider for next year. At the moment, our son attends a private pre-school two days per week just to help him out of a pretty hardcore shell. He’s dealt with anxiety since birth, specifically social and detachment, so pre-school has proved to be a huge blessing for him and us. He is a different kid after just one year of preschool, and I credit most of that to the wonderful school we found. All the same, home-school is still a very real possibility as he begins kindergarten next year and our youngest will be old enough for preschool.
In the meantime, Other Goose is such a fun way for us to try new things on the days when we’re all home together. It feels like a good trial run for home-school. Is anyone else debating which way to educate your children or do you use a mix of things?
Hi there, We are in Issaquah – WA Seattle. Homeschool is new for us. American is new for us. We are from Australia. All the best for today everyone. April
Television is one of the reasons we’ve joined Other Goose. We live in a small apartment with no real outdoor space to play. We didn’t plan to raise our children here, but until we get a house… Here we are. Although we often spend time outdoors, winter here is way too wet and miserable to do much outside and there are plenty of hours in any day when we’re not riding bicycles or swimming or taking nature walks. It’s just plain difficult to find healthy, interesting distractions for any of us on regular basis without leaving home or buying new toys that don’t last two hours. Plus, we’ve noticed that television (even kid-friendly, educational shows) definitely seems to create the worst attitudes in our littles (ages 2 and 4.) So, hello, Other Goose! We’re spending this season learning new ways to entertain ourselves and spend more quality time together right here on the living room floor or in the kitchen or wherever.
I just needed to come on here to say how much I enjoy and need to hear the words in the Parents Extra Credit sometimes. “Yet!” How one word can be so powerful, it’s magical! Thank you, thank you for YET another wonderful suggestion. :)
My three year old is obsessed with all Fancy Nancy books. I think they’re cute but I’m also ready for some new books :).
My kids love to read/do The Barnyard Dance especially when they need to get some wiggles out.
Also The Big Red Barn is a fav.Sprouted Kitchen breakfast cookies are always a hit around here. Banana with almond butter and chocolate chips. Popcorn once the kids are old enough. Baby carrots and apples with cinnamon. “baby oranges” they can peel themselves. My kids love a cup of tea and helping me make it. Oatmeal banana muffins.
We almost only use the laptop to look up videos when it will enhance something in the real world. So, learning that hot air balloons (as seen in a Dr. Seuss book) are a real thing. Or, my toddler loves clocks, so we watch a lot of clock enthusiast/clock repair videos.
Sam loved collecting and cutting leaves but our art turned into drawing THROUGH the leaves and then leaf rubbing – LOL! (Leaf rubbing is a great alternative to drawing the symmetrical side of the leaf. You can put the cut side under the paper in line with the not cut side and make the leaf whole again by rubbing!) We also learned that sedum leaves are gooey inside and if you stick an eraser in one you’ll smear green all over the paper wherever you use the eraser! 😃
