SCHROCK FAMILY HOME EDUCATION: Year End Report 2010 – 2011

 

The 2010 – 2011 school year has been a very relaxed learning year. We had no formal curriculum or program plan. It was the year of learning from the ‘University of Life’, which one never graduates from, only continues learning from until their days on earth are done.

We kept in mind the TRADITIONAL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES and I think addressed many of them in various ways this year of learning.

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SELF EVALUATION:

Although this year has not been our best year for focusing on academic learning, I do feel my kids have grown as people. They have moved forward as the people they are now and who they are becoming, following their interests and passions to the best of their abilities. I remember one morning Wes watching the kids out the window. Deanna was with her little zoo of animals and Jordan was riding his horse with his Papa, and Wes said out loud - “our kids are living their dreams.” And it is true. This is one of the reasons I first wanted to home school my children (before I actually had any children, myself just finishing high school). I wanted my kids to have the freedom to pursue a life without the shackles of school attendance. The teen years are such an opportunity to explore the world and what it has to offer before the responsibilities of adult life limit you. And that is what this year has been for Jordan and Deanna. They have had the opportunity to try out life and follow their dreams – and it has been a great year of growth and accomplishment.

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Here are my notes of what we have been doing from December 2010 till May 2011.

REAL LEARNING TAKES PLACE EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY. And it is hard to record all the learning that takes place in everyday life.

BOTH STUDENTS

1. Work experience and employment with 43 Ranch Ltd.

2. Attended numerous Christmas concerts.

3. Swimming

4. On Your Own learning Co-op (Jan – Feb 2011)

5. Cow Whispering class (Feb 2011)

6. Red Cross Babysitting Course (Feb 2011)

7. Play – Kokonut Kapers – performed by home school students (Red Deer) (so good we went to watch it twice)

8. Unschool Your Teen seminar (April 2011)

9. Attended the AHEA convention in Red Deer (April 2011)

10. Sundre Community Passover service (an in depth look at the characters at the last supper)

11. Spring cattle drive

12. Hosting a petting Zoo Mug Up (June 8^th) – show off their animals, horse rides

13. Discussions: 1. high school options, 2. options for income (career, job/employee, self-employed, -- pros and cons of these different options, discussed people we know and what choices they made and how it affects their life)

JORDAN

1. Lazer tag with F.L.T. In January.

2. Teaching assistant for Paul Desrosiers (Lego Class in Red Deer) (January and February 2011)

3. Horse Auction (bought one horse) January 2011

4. Sportsman Show (Red Deer – Feb 2011)

5. Attended THE MANE EVENT (Red Deer – April 2011) – horse convention/classes

6. Read various novels (from personal book shelves and public library)

7. Bought second horse (Kijiji sale) in Feb 2011

8. Math – working through the book “MASTERING ESSENTIAL MATH SKILLS (middle grades/high school) by Richard W. Fisher”

9. Worked 322.5 hours from Dec 2010 – May 2011

10. Used horses for cattle work on 43 Ranch.

11. Watched video series on horse training by Stacey Westfall.

DEANNA

1. Volunteered weekly at the local Thrift Store.

2. Joined the Sundre Community Choir (weekly practices and numerous performances in Sundre, Olds and Red Deer).

3. Babysitting for friends and family.

4. Optometrist check up – needed glasses

5. Scrapbooking

6. Odd and Unusual Auction Sale (April 2011) – sold 2 llamas, bought 10 chicks

7. Gifted 5 goats and 2 llamas in Dec 2010.

8. Goat kidding season (May 2011) – 8 babies born

9. Attending the horse show CAVALIA in Calgary (May 31, 2011)

10. Read various novels (from personal book shelves and public library)

11. Math – working through the book “MASTERING ESSENTIAL MATH SKILLS (middle grades/high school) by Richard W. Fisher”

12. Worked 212.5 hours from Dec 2010 – May 2011

13. Breeding rabbits project with her friend Nicole.

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