A Look Back at a Day... Eight Years Ago

A friend posted a "day in the life" post on her blog and it made me think of this post I wrote eight years ago. Wow, how life has changed in eight years of homeschooling. My youngest is now the age that my oldest was when I wrote this. Enjoy! Maybe I will give you an updated look at our homeschool day sometime soon.

Tuesday February 21, 2006

BIO – We are a family of 6.  Bob and I have been married for 18 years this June.  Our children are David - age 11, Emily – almost age 9, James – age 6, and Suzanne – almost age 4.  Our children have always been homeschooled.

CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP  At 7:45, my alarm startles me out of sleep and I see that Suzy, age 3-1/2, and James, age 6, have climbed in bed with us at some point.  I thank the Lord for a king sized bed for the umpteenth time!  The four of us cuddle and chat.  I do an impromptu speech lesson with James – pronouncing “licorice”.  We work on his speech sounds throughout the day, as they come to our attention, since he has trouble with several speech sounds, including “L” and “R”.

Around 8:05, I haul myself out of bed and my oldest, David, age 11, comes pounding down the stairs, also jumping in bed with Daddy for a quick cuddle.  Emily, nearly age 9 and the late sleeper of the family, is still asleep and will probably have to be awakened sometime soon.  I peer outside to evaluate our Michigan winter weather conditions and notice a few snowflakes floating down.  The high today is expected to be 33, which is warmer than the last few days but still not warm enough for extended outdoor play, depending upon the windchill.  So, another day of indoor activities looms ahead.

Suzy announces, “Me made your bed, Mom!”  I thank her, grinning at the mental picture I get of the bed's appearance.  David shares some Everlasting Gobstoppers with his siblings, bought with his own money; this is not our usual before breakfast fare, but still a sweet thought.  Emily appears, to my surprise, and  I ask her jokingly if she smelled the candy and she says YES!

By 9:00, all beds are made (or so I'm told!), breakfasts are eaten, heads are combed, teeth are brushed, and bodies are dressed.  It's time for school!

“Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love,” I sing out, calling the children to the kitchen table for Bible study.  This is the opening line to the hymn we are currently learning.  They come running, with schoolboxes in tow, joining in with the song.  I have seen the singing of hymns disappear from modern churches and I am determined that my children will be familiar with a number of these masterpieces, so we learn a new one each month.

Today in Bible study, we are studying the character trait of Deference, which has been a real eyeopener in our home.  Thankfully my children have risen to the challenge of deferring to others and I've seen a real change in their behavior in the few days that we have been working on it.  Hopefully this new trend continues!   We are using Character Building for Families: Volume 1 by Lee Ann Rubsam.  We alternate character studies out of this book with units from our regular Bible study book – Bible Study Guide for All Ages: Volume 2 by Charles and Mary Baker.

After Bible, most days we do Art.  I have found that my children tend to do their regular schoolwork better if they have done something creative beforehand, so I've instituted art as the second subject we study each day.  The main resource I have been using for our lessons is How to Teach Art to Children from Evan-Moor Publications.  This is a great book that teaches the 7 art elements with great step-by-step directions.  We are currently studying texture and today's project, scratch-board paintings, has been a 2 day project.  The paintings turn out wonderfully, with multicolored highlights shining through the black finish!

Next is Science which is the most challenging subject for me to teach.  After a false start earlier this year, we are now doing a unit study on ecology using The Earth Book from Learning Resources.  Soon we will begin a study on Nutrition.

I move on to History with David and Emily while Suzy and James, who take a break from schooling at this point, play a new Sesame Street game on the computer. We are using Mystery of History Volume 1 by Linda Lacour Hobar this year and our topic for today is The Trojan Horse.  This history curriculum is just what I have been looking for and I plan to stick with it throughout the 5 volume series.  (Volume 2 is currently available.)

Bob leaves around this time for a worker's compensation vocational counseling appointment and some errands.  He is looking for work after being injured on the job 4 years ago and having been under medical care for most of that time.  My kids have really been blessed to have their dad at home with them, even though it's been a long recovery for him!

At 10:30, we finish history and have some pretzels for a snack.  I decide to make banana bread with Suzy while James does his math.  First he does a math test out of Math-U-See Alpha and then I have him work on addition sentences with the Learning Palette (Educational Insights).  Emily does a Math-U-See math test also, from the Beta level, and David, who is waiting for delivery of Math-U-See Epsilon, does 3 math pages from a book on metric measurement.

After math, Emily reads Luke's Fate (a Star Wars reader), David reads The Phantom Tollbooth, and James reads a Bob book aloud with me.  I read a Bob book to Suzy at her request and then she looks at some herself.   I confiscate a green sticky ball from the boys and redirect them to their work as I make some notes for the day.

It's time for Alphabet Island Phonics with James; he is working on 3 letter words with short “a”.  I supervise David doing Handwriting at the same time (cursive h)and then he begins his Electronics study.

Emily, who says she has finished reading, needs some redirection.  I take a balloon away from her and point her toward her Handwriting book.  David and I have a disagreement about how far he is in his electronics book.  He's been working with his dad but not doing the written work.  He says it is hard and makes his head hurt. I encourage him to keep at it and I'll help him later on.

We can all smell the banana bread cooking now – yum!  Emily has finished handwriting and is now reading a short book about Helen Keller – she has a minor fit when it becomes apparent she has not read the whole book even though she said she had and I send her back to read the rest.

At noon I take the bread out – yummy!  Suzy is so proud of it!  David is my helper for food preparation today.  Lucky for me – he decides on a meal (chicken noodle soup & biscuits) and then cooks it all.  Suzy sets the table.  James is playing computer and Emily is reading.  Those 2 will clean up meals today.

At 12:25, we sit down to eat.  I try something new I read about – reading aloud to the children while they eat, and eating my own meal afterward.  I pull out Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis and they cheer!  T

One of my biggest downfalls as a homeschool mom is my lack of reading aloud to the kids.  Our schedule is so full and varied that I have found it difficult to find a regular reading aloud time. Combine that with my general dislike of reading aloud (It's so SLOW!) that we haven't made it a priority.  I generally feel quite guilty about that and when I heard the suggestion to read aloud during lunch, I felt that maybe this was our solution!

After lunch, Emily clears the table, James does the dishes, and David starts his folding.   In our home, we have what we call “1:00 Jobs”.  We do 2-3 loads of laundry a day and it all gets folded in the afternoons.  Each child, even Suzy, does his or her own folding and puts it away.  They each have an additional folding job, such as matching socks, folding washcloths, etc...  Besides the folding, they each complete a chore.  David washes a couple of windows, Emily cleans the bathroom, and James does some dusting.  Suzy takes the recycling out to the bin.

David has such a great attitude today!  A little praise during lunch-making has gone a long way!  James, on the other hand, is being especially recalcitrant during 1:00 Jobs.  No matter, it all works out in the end.

Slipping my shoes off for a minute, I check my email while the kids do their folding.  Most of the schoolwork is done now, with just a few odds and ends to finish up.  The kids finish their chores and James puts in the Leap Frog Letter Factory DVD.  We've been watching either this one or the Word Factory every day and it has been helping reinforce his phonics lessons.  All the kids watch, even though it is obviously aimed at lower elementary age children.   After a while, my friend Jen signs on to AIM and we chat for a bit while the kids finish their DVD (and I finish my Diet Coke – ahhhh!).

Just about 1:45, the DVD ends, and I sign offline.  I work with David and Emily on English From the Roots Up (Latin root of the day: video/visum).  While they are making their memory cards, Suzy colors with dry erase markers on a large dry erase board and James plays on the computer (Toy Story).   I strip the sheets off my bed and throw them in the washer.

Once they finish their root word cards (it takes them different amounts of time), David and Emily each have Spelling Power to do.  While I give David his words, I mend a shirt.  Seeing me sew, Suzy decides SHE wants to sew as well.  Not being prepared for teaching an almost 4 year old to sew today, I pull out the lacing cards and she plays with those as I finish spelling with both the older kids.

At 3pm, we have the banana bread as a snack.  I have a difficult time setting aside some bread for Bob to have when he gets home as the kids enjoy it so much!

By 3:15, the kids have donned snow pants, boots, and assorted winter gear and headed outside.  It is a lovely sunny day and much warmer than I imagined it would be, so I think they should be good for at least half an hour outside.

Just before 4pm, I call the kids in as they have pleaded to watch Cyber Chase (PBS) today, one of the very few TV shows that we watch.  While they watch the math show (today's concept – mathematically predictable body proportions), I blog and read email.

The remainder of the afternoon is free time for the kids as I straighten up and make dinner.  Suzy sets the table for me (not without some drama over her favorite plate being dirty) and David assists me with some dinner prep.  After dinner, Emily and James clean up.  Tonight the older 2 kids have baths; the younger 2 had theirs last night.

It's 9pm and I've just tucked the last child in after a few rounds of Uno and a couple picture books.  Now I'll exercise, check email again, spend a little time with my husband and settle down to watch a DVD before heading off to dreamland myself somewhere around midnight.   It's been a long fulfilling day at home!

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Hope you enjoyed that look back! I have been reminded of some important ideas that may make their way back into our lessons.

November = NaNoWriMo

The calendar says November and in the Wagner house that has meant NaNoWriMo for the past few years.

What is NaNoWriMo? NAtional NOvel WRiting MOnth, of course, when you attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days!

This is my 7th year writing a novel in November and my kids have participated for the past five years. My 11th grader, Emily, wrote the full 50K last year and plans to do so again this year. My younger two (ages 11 and 13) are participating in the NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program (YWP) which allows you to set your own goals. My oldest wrote novels in November for six years, but this year is his first in college and he cannot make time for it.

Why do we write? That's a fair question and I will attempt to answer it over the next four weeks as we explore new worlds through writing. 

It's not too late for your family to participate! Give it a try. I think you'll like it!

 (Click my signature to visit my NaNoWriMo participant page.)

12 Things Homeschool Parents Need to Know About College

Dr. Kuni Beasley wrote a valuable article called, "12 Things Homeschool Parents Need to Know About College" which was published in Practical Homeschooling #108 (April/May/June 2013). Dr. Beasley's website is http://www.beasleycollegeprep.com/. I am not able to find this article online to share with you, so I will summarize the 12 points here.

1 - Start now! He recommends starting college prep in the 6th grade.

2 - Get professional advice. (such as from Dr. Beasley himself)

3 - Take the PSAT, SAT, and ACT early and often. He recommends in grades 6-8 to take the PSAT, ACT, and SAT once per year. In grades 9 and 10, take the PSAT in October and the SAT and ACT once per semester. Study a formal test prep program in the spring of 10th grade or before beginning 11th grade. Take the PSAT in October of 11th grade to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Competition. Take as many as six SAT/ACT tests in the junior year, with the goal of achieving the best score by June of that year. Also, you can take the SAT unlimited times and the ACT up to 12 times.

4 - High School Curriculum vs. College-Prep programs - These are not the same. An AP course is not college prep. Real college prep curriculum includes the following: College essentials, such as counseling, test prep, applications, and scholarship search; Learning strategies that explain how to read, study, test, and write at the college level; Academic strategies; Self-management skills; and setting up a support team.

5 - 88% of college is online. Learn to use Microsoft Office. Learn internet discipline in high school.

6 - Hazards of CLEP/Dual Credit. Not all colleges accept CLEP. Too many CLEP or dual-enrolled courses can disqualify you from freshman scholarships, since you could earn enough to be a sophomore.

7 - Don't Worry About Majors. More than 80% of students change their major after entering college.

8 - What Colleges Look for in Homeschoolers. Colleges consider five things for admissions: Grades, Rank, Experiences, Activities, Test Scores. Colleges will accept homeschool transcripts, but these are often partly discounted. However, that isn't really important anyway. Rank in class doesn't matter for homeschoolers, who will nearly always be 1 of 1. Experiences such as jobs, community service, and travel are considered, as are activities, which could include athletics, clubs, etc. But TEST SCORES are what will determine a student's "viability for admissions and scholarships." According to Dr. Beasley, many colleges award scholarships based only on test scores.

9 - Types of Colleges include Competitive (Harvard, Stanford, etc... which consider Experiences, Activities, and test scores), Conventional (state schools, some private colleges which mainly consider test scores), Community/Junior Colleges (which take anyone with a diploma or GED, using test scores to waive developmental courses), and Creative Colleges (Thomas Edison, Excelsior, etc.... which probably only require a transcript).

10 - Start Early - Use 9th and 10th grade to build skills and content knowledge, as well as to practice test taking skills. Use the junior year to choose 20-30 colleges and narrow it down to 12 by summer (4 that will be a challenge, 4 you will probably get into, and 4 you are sure to get into). Finish your application material before senior year begins - recommendations, essays, scholarship search.

11 - Attract Scholarships - These are available to "any motivated, well-prepared, and properly managed homeschooler."

12 - Avoid "vanity colleges." No college education is worth $100,000 or more of debt.

Note from Lisa: Before you panic, please remember that this advice is just that - advice. Take what you can use and leave the rest. I did very little of this with my oldest (though maybe I should have) and he is safely ensconced at the college of his choice studying mechanical engineering on scholarship. He was accepted at all the colleges he applied at. If we had worked harder earlier, he may have been able to attend a more prestigious school, but he is happy where he is at. So, if some of this advice helps you, please follow it. But if you are thinking, "Well, it's already too late for me and my senior," be assured that it's NOT too late! Just do what you can!

For those of you with children in grades 6-10, though, I think it's prudent to consider this information carefully and choose your path rather than letting the years slip by with no thought to college plans.

Homeschool Open House: Interviews with 55 families

Do you ever wonder what other homeschoolers are doing? How your own lesson plans and schedules compare to those of other home educating families? Do you need some fresh ideas?

If so, you may want to look into one of Nancy Lande's books. She wrote Homeschooling: A Patchwork of Days (published in 1996) as a glimpse into the lives of 30 homeschooling families. I just finished reading the follow-up to that book, entitled Homeschool Open House: Interviews with 55 families.

Homeschool Open House visits the Patchwork families 5 years later and updates us on their lives - how have things changed for them? Are they still homeschooling? What curriculum are they using now? Have their family activities and schedules changed? Lande also interviews about 25 new families in Homeschool Open House.

I bought this book years ago but never read it and even put it in my sale pile. Rethinking my need to purge, I snatched it out of the pile and decided to read it slowly during my lesson prep month this summer. Well, since I just finished it today, you can see it took me longer than I thought. Most weeks I read one story a day, getting to know these families. As I read, I usually wondered what the families look like now - 13 years later. A kindergartener in any of these families would now be graduating from high school!

One thing that surprised me was how angry and frustrated I became while reading some of the stories. As a mom of four children with 13 years of actual homeschooling under my belt, I found myself annoyed with the moms of one young child who made their curriculum choices sound like life-or-death choices. Some of the unschooling attitudes saddened me. I was actually surprised by my strong reactions to some of the stories but  I am only human, after all. Many of the stories encouraged me, however, and some even brought me to tears. In a few cases, I was actually curious enough to Google and see if I could find any information on the families - blogs, companies, awards, etc. (No luck, however.)

I have one copy of this book - well-used now - and would be glad to pass it along to anyone who wants to read it. First one who speaks up - I will give it to you (in person).

The Most Expensive Curriculum I Didn't Buy

Coming up for air. Wow, September is busy!!!

Lessons, soccer, writing classes. Helping the boy buy a car. Watching him apply for a second job, get the job, and then work 2 jobs after giving notice at job #1. Getting him ready to head off to college.

Did you ever wonder what $594 worth of college textbooks looks like?

Well, now you know.

Thank the Lord for financial aid!

He moves in on September 25th.

Lesson Plans Complete for September

That's more like it!

September lesson plans were completed on time. I have not had time to document that until today since we have been busy DOING lessons.

I will have some posts coming up detailing what each of my students will be working on this year.

Read a Zillion Books with Jerry Pallotta

Some drafts of old posts turned up in my drafts folder. This one is from the summer of 2006! So, since I went to the trouble of writing them for my old blog, I thought I'd share it now.  

Oh wow! My kids and I were BLOWN AWAY by the presentation by author Jerry Pallotta today at the local library. 4th graders from the local elementary school and a preschool class attended, as well as at least 4 homeschool families.

My kids react:
"I thought he was funny. Everything he told us was funny! I like his books because they give you facts - a bunch of facts about the thing in the picture. I bought the Jet Alphabet book because I really like drawing jets and stuff like that. The thing that made me buy the book was a picture of a jet engine that is cut in half so you can see how it works." David, age 11

"I liked the part when he showed us all his books, especially Dory Story. I like that book because it's funny. The little boy was standing on a rock and he had his mouth open." Emily, age 9

"He put those fang things on that kid. That was funny! He put a kid in front of the screen and then the shark was going to eat him. That was
the funniest. I learned that he made all of those books!" James, age 6

Mr. Pallotta is an author of fact-filled, fun to read children's books such as Icky Bug Alphabet Book, The Dinosaur Alphabet Book and The Hershey's Kiss Addition Book. Visit his website at www.alphabetman.com.

If you have the opportunity to hear him speak, TAKE IT!  He is doing a "Read a Zillion Books" tour right now. (Remember that was in 2006. lol) 

In which no lesson plans have been created....

Here are my lesson plans 45 hours before we start lessons for 2013-14.

 (Yes, in case you are wondering if something is wrong with your screen, that page is blank.)

This may be the least prepared I have ever been at this point.

Check back later and see how this pans out....

Senior Year Worldview Study

Thinking of sending my oldest child out into the world caused me to do some power-thinking about his state of preparedness. I wanted David to think about his beliefs and the reasons he holds them. I wanted (and still want) him to "own" his beliefs and not just parrot them, so that when they are questioned (and I know they will be), he can defend them stalwartly. I also wanted him to be prepared in social skills and some other areas of his life.

Toward these goals, I chose the following books for him to read during his senior year, in addition to his academic reading.

1 - Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
I read this book for the first time in my senior year of college and it really resonated with me. I've always been a fan of C.S. Lewis's Narnia books, but reading this made me realize how practical and sincere his faith in God was. I wondered if the book would be appropriate for a 17-year-old, since I had been several years older when I read it. However, David had no trouble with the book and found it insightful and relevant. I had him write a response paper to the book and he said the book is "nearly impossible to put down" and recommended it highly to everyone. I am really glad I had David read this in his senior year and I will plan to have the other kids read it as well.

Reading Guide HERE


2 - Slumber of Christianity by Ted Dekker

David enjoyed the Black, Red, White series of fiction books written by Ted Dekker and I thought that this non-fiction book by the same author might motivate him to a more passionate faith in God. This is a short book and I did find it personally inspiring. The main point is that most Christians have fallen into a boring slumber and we need to reawaken our passion and joy in Christ. David described this book as a "wake-up call" but said the next book he read (#3 on this list) was one he enjoyed more.

3 - Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices by Frank Viola and George Barna

History always interests me and this book gives the historical reasons for many of the practices in the current church. Why do priests and some pastors wear special clerical garb? Why do we sit in pews? Why do churches have steeples? Why is the order of service so unvaried? These questions and many more like them are discussed historically and objectively to make us understand that church practices are not necessarily based in Biblical instruction. What's more, some of these widespread traditions harm the church rather than help it. 

I wanted David to understand the reasons behind some of the things we see in church and to look past them to the heart of God. What I didn't consider is that our family's lack of a firm foundation in a local church also affected him as he read this book. (We had left a church in rather a slow unorganized way - just slowly stopping our attendance and not really replacing it with another where we felt at home. Long story, but the main idea here is that David did not feel a connection to a local church body.)

So, even though he devoured this important information and really enjoyed the book, I am not sure it had the effect I was hoping for. He ended up feeling more disillusioned than motivated, I think. Since understanding the roots of church traditions is really important in my mind, I am still glad he read it and I hope that he can use what he learned to strengthen his faith and still maintain connections to local believers.

4 - A Praying Life: Connecting With God In A Distracting World by Paul Miller 
This is by far the best book on prayer I have ever read. I wanted David to read it to understand the insights about prayer that I learned from reading it. I could write tons about this book, but you would be better served to go buy it right now and start reading it. I am currently re-reading it again - my 3rd time through. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

I had David also do the study guide which you can find HERE. 

5 - How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less by Nicolas Boothman
This is not a Christian book and I didn't assign it for worldview purposes. However, David is interested in psychology and I thought he would find it interesting from that perspective. Also, he will be meeting many new people and I wanted to give him some strategies for conversation and social situations.

I think this information is important, but I only chose this particular book because I found it used somewhere.  I did read the book beforehand and found it easy-to-read and practical. I will do some research before assigning a book of this type to Emily, but all-in-all, I did find it met our purposes.

6 - Every Young Man's Struggle by Stephen Arterburn
This book is actually going to be a summer study for my husband and my two sons. David has read it before when he was about 13, the age my younger son is now. This book is a frank look at the sexual struggles that young men will face in today's culture. I wanted my husband to do this study with the boys because he obviously has more experience in this area than I do.

 7 - The Bible
I required David to read through the entire Bible during his senior year. I will ask all my children to do the same.  I know we've read the entire Bible during our Bible study time in school throughout his K-12 years, but I wanted him to have the experience of reading it independently and in a fairly short time span. He used both a print version and an audio version of the Bible, both in NIV (New International Version).

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Was this everything I wanted my son to read before he graduated? Well, certainly not! However, he'd probably have been reading from sunrise to sunset if I had assigned everything I thought was important. Just typing out this information on these 7 books I thought of many more things I wish I had been able to stuff into his head in the last year of lessons.

However, I will lay all those thoughts at the feet of Christ and let Him take charge of David's worldview. My prayers will be fervent and frequent and I will take any available opportunity for discussion. But my 13 years of planning lessons for David are over.

Learning Styles, Re-visited

Browsing a bit through my past blog posts, I found this post on learning style:
http://cornerstonehomelearning.blogspot.com/2008/09/heart-of-matter-learning-styles-meme.html
(The rest of this post will make a lot more sense if you read the old one too, especially if you don't know a lot about learning styles or the specific children I am writing about.) A couple of the links on the old page were broken, so I have updated those.

I wrote that post
about five years ago. Now my younger two are the ages my older two were when I wrote it. So, I thought it would be interesting to re-evaluate learning style and see if any of my thoughts have changed on the matter.

When David was 13, I categorized him as an auditory learner with high levels of logical/mathematical intelligence and spatial intelligence. I provided him with lots of auditory input and he has also sought this out himself. I would change nothing about that assessment now that he is 18. I would now add that I believe he is dyslexic which explains quite a bit of his preference for audiobooks over the printed page. He still loves to build things and plans now to study mechanical engineering in college. 

Sixteen-year-old Emily's learning style is still visual (linguistic intelligence). She still loves to read and is a very fast reader. I don't see as high a degree of interpersonal intelligence as when she was younger nor do I notice her musical intelligence has continued to develop. She continues to struggles with math, and I believe this is due to dyscalculia, so it's possible that those struggles have eclipsed her development in other areas. I plan to work hard during the next two years to capitalize on her strengths to build her confidence. She has never had a strong kinesthetic ability, but two years of studying karate has increased her coordination and confidence about her physical abilities.  

Going back to what I wrote about James at age 8 really shocked me. I could write the EXACT SAME thing about him today at age 13. "... he moves and moves and moves. And moves. [....] the constant movement drives my ADD self nuts!" Wow! I hadn't realized I had assessed this so long ago. He still tends to move about constantly. If he stands next to me to talk, he shifts his weight from foot to foot or taps something or wiggles in some other fashion. I have been calling him on it so he can learn to manage it. It's a lot more to deal with when he's as big as an adult than it was when he was an eight-year-old. So, CLEARLY, the kinesthetic intelligence is still high for James. He is still focused on the intrapersonal as well as the existential, often asking me insightful questions that I don't expect. The naturalistic intelligence has seemed to dissipate, but maybe we just need to offer more opportunities to see if that is still an interest for him.

And on to my youngest, Suzanne, who is now 11. At age 6, I had very little idea of what her intelligences were. Today, we completed a multiple intelligence inventory. Her strengths lie in kinesthetic, inter-personal, and visual/spatial skills. Her linguistic skills are lower, mainly because I think she, like her older brother, is dyslexic. She has finally learned to read well and says she "loves reading" now, but it took many years and much prayer and hard work to achieve that. She finds her strengths in being a leader, especially in physical areas (like soccer) and in handicrafts like sewing. She also loves to make things pretty, such as setting a beautiful table with touches like placemats and flowers (things I usually don't bother with). So, really what I thought about her at age 6 was fairly accurate. 

So, how does this affect our homeschooling? I think I'll save that for another day.  

While you wait, try evaluating your own children. Here is a nice printable Multiple Intelligence Survey for Kids.  You can also try some of the online surveys from my previous post, or just google!

By the way, the graphic in this post illustrates my own results on the multiple intelligence survey.