Show 2---Show Notes and Credits

Thank you for joining us today. In this show, we explored what to do when we feel like we are failing and our daily routine just isn't working. We talked about how to implement different curriculum, change routines, and even vie for a different teaching method. We also began to tap into different learning styles within our families.

Credits:

Encouragement Along The Way......Bobbie Howard

The Holy Bible---NKJ

http://www.christianperspective.net/

Show 2---What do you do when "it" is not working?

List of Questions To Figure Out the "It" Problem

Routine:

1. Are your children bored with the routine?---Restless behaviour
2. Is your routine too Ridged?---Too strict?
3. Is your routine too Loose?---Not enough routine?
4. Are your children resisting the normal routine?
5. Have they outgrown your normal routine?

If you answered "No" to all of these questions, move on to the Curriculum section.

Curriculum:

1. Are your children bored with the curriculum?---Not Challenging enough
2. Is the curriculum too Ridged?---Too structured---Not enough exciting activities
3. Is the curriculum too loose?---Too little structure---It can't keep their attention
4. DOES the curriculum FIT your child's LEARNING STYLE?---Kinesthetic, Auditory, Visual

If you answered "No" to all of these questions, move on to the Teaching Method section.

In realizing that your child's learning style does not fit the curriculum, you have two options.

1. Change your method of teaching the current curriculum.
2. Completely change the curriculum to a curriculum that better suits your child's learning style.

Your predominate teaching method may not be the same as your child's learning style.
Step out of the box and try something new.
Incorporate new techniques to your existing curriculum or change the curriculum completely.

Try these:

**Do more activities
**Games--homemade are the best
**Try Lap Books
**Field Trips
**Songs (Music)
**Art

Once you figure out the "It" problem, you can begin to correct it and move on productively.

Encouraging, Helpful, and Testing Sites.....

Encouraging/Helpful Sites:

http://www.thehomeschoollounge.com/

http://www.hslda.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1

http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/

http://www.mothers-home.com/activities/sherri2.htm

http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index.html

http://www.cathyduffyreviews.com/creative-learning/hands-of-a-child.htm

http://ajourneythroughlearning.com/

http://www.lamppostpublishing.com/index.htm

http://www.proverbs31.org/

http://www.titus2.com/

http://www.thehomescholar.com/

http://www.mthoward.com/mybooks.htm

http://www.polkadotstarflowers.com/

http://www.utmostway.com/

http://notebook.organizedhome.com/household-notebook-planner-organized-home

http://showmomthemoney.com/timesavers.php


Testing Sites:

http://www.familylearning.org/

http://www.thurbers.net/

http://www.homeschooltests.com/

http://www.lighthouseedu.net/

http://www.baysideschoolservices.com/

http://www.setonhome.org/testing/default.php

Show 1- "Homeschooling through the difficult times"

This is our first show! We are so excited that you have joined us today. In this show, we discussed homeschooling through the difficult times. We talked about finances, curriculum, socialization, and the daily up keep of our homes.

I hope you have enjoyed our program today, and hope you come back again next week for a little Encouragement From The Heart.

Credits:

Practical Homeschooling Today

Christian Perspective.net

Lamppostpublishing.com

The Holy Bible (NKJ)