Homeschool

I haven't written for a bit about my homeschool approach. For the past couple of days, I've been investing a few bucks into their education:

BJU Press Fundamentals of Literature Grade 9
I bought a single, student textbook as opposed to the teacher edition and a couple of copies. I want to expose my kids the value of self-study, perhaps not pure autodidacticism as I'll be setting the pace and asking for feedback for the system of study.

New Answers Book Box Set Volumes 1-4
While this wouldn't be a full-blown science class, I thought pulling a Q/A each day and discuss together would be beneficial.

Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
Fantasy co-op strategy, teamwork, and number-crunching! And according to this Meeple Mountain review, this Mini-Me scaffolds onboarding which, if the game is compelling, I just may buy the big ol' hoss of tabletop game, the 35-lb Frosthaven.

Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
While I've watched a few YouTube reviews of this tabletop game, it was only after reading Meeple Mountain's review did I pull the trigger. Thus far, at $90, it's my most expensive single title board game.

Poker chips and a couple decks of cards
THIS critical life lesson: life only looks like a gamble...

Ordered but Now on Hold:

Shakespeare’s Tragedies: Macbeth, Othello, King Lear and Hamlet: Slip-case Edition
I already have one kid that enjoys reading The Bard.

Target Math Game
Mental math is fun! Conceptually, I ran across the idea from watching a DnD session of a puzzle involving an elevator in a great bean stalk leading up to a land of giants.

2024

There is change in the air, things running on a timetable much sooner than I had anticipated. I welcome this new landscape as if there was one focus I've proved o'er, it's that while gearing up for 1978, God shoved a battered toolbox with these words etched into the metal: "INNATE ABILITY TO ADAPT."

And quite honestly, I knew where my heart was in 2021-23, and so I should have reflected further on things! Ahh, hyper-adaptability can be a peril! But see, I just have this profound sense that whatever happens in life, I can make things work. I mean, I am the quintessential duct tape guy! Play my theme!

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