It's Bright in Here
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It's Bright in Here
@os-inmanbright.bsky.social
Day to day homeschooling as a model in case you are thinking of teaching your kids. The emphasis is on learning and growing and caring, not on any one religion. Your kids deserve the best, but you will do. Just kidding. You CAN do this.
Week 17: Wed 4/9. We finally got started painting the black canvases we planned on doing in March. Began while listening to an Art Curious episode about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Wotd was innocuous. Pi said he always thought that word meant mysterious. French wotd was se morfondre, to mope-
April 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Week 17: Tues 4/2. Spring break was great, we didn't do a much at all, nice to have that time off. Wotd was quixotic. ASL wotd was tutoring, we also reviewed the 25 basic signs and bonus sentences we've learned, and went through the ASL flashcards for review. French wotd was à l'aveuglette, or-
April 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Week 15: Tues 3/11. wotd was edacious, which is having an extremely large appetite. I had never heard of this word before. ASL wotd was basic, and we reviewed our ASL flashcards, haven't done that in a couple weeks so that was challenging. Huely wotd was nous, meaning common sense, and French wotd-
March 12, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Yep, here's the whole thing we read for the word.
February 14, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Week 7: Tues 1/15. Wotd was kummerspeck, weight gained from emotional eating, and ASL flashcard word was fish. We have just one flashcard left and we've finished the set. Huely wotd was execrate, which is to feel an intense sense of loathing. ASL wotd was geometry, and French wotd was l'idée.
January 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Week 6: Thurs 1/9. I am so stressed out because we are trying to finish up college application stuff and it's a lot. On top of everything else, it's a lot. Wotd is lackadaisical, which came from the interjection, alack, the day, meaning, what a rotten day, but eventually morphed into its current-
January 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Week 5: Fri 12/20. Well I did that thing where go on break and immediately cast all responsibilities out the window and didn't get our last day posted before Christmas. ASL flashcards word was uncle, Barnett's was Bertha Von Suttner, the 1st woman to be awarded the Noble Peace Prize, Lego prompt was
January 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Week 5: Wed 12/18. WotD was xertz. Never heard of it before. It's basically pounding your drink or food. ASL wotd was giraffe but since we know that already, we learned hello. Weird that we knew giraffe but not hello. Flashcard ASL we learned mouse. In French phrases, we learned that brassiere is a-
December 19, 2024 at 4:33 AM
Week 5: Tues 12/17. WotD was one I have not heard before, lamprophony, meaning loud and clear annunciations. ASL WotD was encourage. ASL flashcard new word was monkey. In French phrases we learned the word boutonné, among others, which means laconic or reticent. Huely WotD was rident, meaning-
December 18, 2024 at 4:48 AM
Week 4: Thurs 12/12. On Thursday we usually listen to a National Parks After Dark podcast episode while doing art. Today's Lego build prompt was boot, but because we didn't do one tomorrow, we also did discover. Well, Pi did. I spent the whole time just trying to make a one boot. I had a-
December 13, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Week 4: Weds 12/11. Because the holidays, we have short days the rest of the week. Today we skipped all the word of the day stuff and went straight to book lessons. We started with our last lesson on Christianity. Next week we get to start Islam. This lesson was about Process Theology or open-
December 12, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Week 4: Tues 12/10. Because I started this whole thing here in November, it began with or month of novel writing during which we didn't do art, just learned about it. But every other month art is an important part of each day, for several reasons. Art makes school fun, as long as you don't-
December 11, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Week 3, Fri 12/6. WotD was agastopia an obsession or love for a particular part of another person's body. ASL WotD was the word late. In ASL flashcards we also learned the new word daughter. Huely WotD was maladroit, lacking in adroitness or dexterity. Learned a page of bon and bonne phrases-
December 6, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Week 3: Thurs 12/5. WotD was tantalize. We learned that it does not just mean something desirable, but desirable and out of reach. Huely WotD was resipiscence, meaning a return to a sound state of mind. ASL WotD was vanilla. We always confuse the sign for chocolate with cheese, but now that we-
December 6, 2024 at 6:13 AM
Week 3: Wed 12/4. This is Wed's schedule. I will get better at posting pics and documents. Eventually. WotD was flabbergast, origins unknown, but one theory is that it is a combination of flabby and aghast. That made me laugh out loud. Flabby is a very good word. Huely WotD was vainglory.
December 5, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Week 2: Tues. Here's what our daily schedule looks like. We don't hit all this stuff every single Tuesday, sometimes we do other stuff, or more stuff. Being flexible is important with homeschooling, and it teaches your kid what successful flexibility can look like: flexibility isn't failure.
November 27, 2024 at 5:09 PM