Comments on: Homeschooling and house selling http://roscommonacres.com/2009/08/homeschooling-and-house-selling/ Life more abundantly Mon, 21 May 2012 16:43:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Home School Diploma | Home School Diploma http://roscommonacres.com/2009/08/homeschooling-and-house-selling/comment-page-1/#comment-11459 Home School Diploma | Home School Diploma Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:31:12 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1215#comment-11459 [...] Homeschooling and house selling via Dana at Principled Discovery. [...] [...] Homeschooling and house selling via Dana at Principled Discovery. [...]

]]> By: insurance http://roscommonacres.com/2009/08/homeschooling-and-house-selling/comment-page-1/#comment-11460 insurance Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:41:48 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1215#comment-11460 I only discovered your blog a few weeks ago, but since then I watched it every day. And I really like it , keep up the great work I only discovered your blog a few weeks ago, but since then I watched it every day. And I really like it , keep up the great work

]]> By: Karen Joy http://roscommonacres.com/2009/08/homeschooling-and-house-selling/comment-page-1/#comment-11461 Karen Joy Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:50:05 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1215#comment-11461 Do you have a Swiffer SweeperVac?? If not, it sounds like you need one. It's a Swiffer with a cloth and a rechargeable vacuum on it -- gets the dust, pet hair, fuzz, crumbs, etc! Best of all, kids can do it! ;) Really, it works so much better than a broom. However, they're about $28... Our first one lasted about 3.5 years; just bought a 2nd because the first's rechargeable battery wasn't keeping a charge long enough to get the job done. Still. I think it was $28 well-spent. Do you have a Swiffer SweeperVac?? If not, it sounds like you need one. It’s a Swiffer with a cloth and a rechargeable vacuum on it — gets the dust, pet hair, fuzz, crumbs, etc! Best of all, kids can do it! ;) Really, it works so much better than a broom. However, they’re about $28… Our first one lasted about 3.5 years; just bought a 2nd because the first’s rechargeable battery wasn’t keeping a charge long enough to get the job done. Still. I think it was $28 well-spent.

]]> By: Susan Ryan http://roscommonacres.com/2009/08/homeschooling-and-house-selling/comment-page-1/#comment-11463 Susan Ryan Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:29:00 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1215#comment-11463 When we were selling the house I'd give the kids a bucket of water and big paint brushes to paint with water outside. They like to watch their paintings evaporate off the sidewalk, the jungle gym, the side of the house. Treasure Hunt lunches are a favorite at our house...but they are a little time consuming for mom. Write clues, each leading to the next, and at the end the treasure is a picnic basket with lunch. The key to getting some free time out of this is to have every clue be as far away from the last as possible so they are crisscrossing the house or yard and are worn out and hungry by the time they find the treasure. Good luck with the sale! When we were selling the house I’d give the kids a bucket of water and big paint brushes to paint with water outside. They like to watch their paintings evaporate off the sidewalk, the jungle gym, the side of the house.

Treasure Hunt lunches are a favorite at our house…but they are a little time consuming for mom. Write clues, each leading to the next, and at the end the treasure is a picnic basket with lunch. The key to getting some free time out of this is to have every clue be as far away from the last as possible so they are crisscrossing the house or yard and are worn out and hungry by the time they find the treasure.

Good luck with the sale!

]]> By: Rebecca http://roscommonacres.com/2009/08/homeschooling-and-house-selling/comment-page-1/#comment-11464 Rebecca Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:08:50 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1215#comment-11464 I asked my kids what they thought. Here is what they brainstormed: blocks, legos, reading, drawing, stuffed animals (plus blankets and pillows), puzzles, aluminum foil, playdoh (messy, but all the mess is in one place; you could contain it by giving each one a tomato box lid to work in), rice box (with strict instructions to keep the rice in the box). I think the key might be to structure their time and provide one activity at a time, so you don't have messes going on all over the house. I asked my kids what they thought. Here is what they brainstormed: blocks, legos, reading, drawing, stuffed animals (plus blankets and pillows), puzzles, aluminum foil, playdoh (messy, but all the mess is in one place; you could contain it by giving each one a tomato box lid to work in), rice box (with strict instructions to keep the rice in the box). I think the key might be to structure their time and provide one activity at a time, so you don’t have messes going on all over the house.

]]> By: Allison http://roscommonacres.com/2009/08/homeschooling-and-house-selling/comment-page-1/#comment-11462 Allison Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:12:01 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1215#comment-11462 I have so been there. We have sold 2 houses since having small children. Done the movie in the car thing, but not lately. Will have to try that again sometime. Yes, baths are good too. Hmmm. A new box of sidewalk chalk is always good. Maybe playing with the hose or sprinkler in the backyard? And then changing into dry clothes in the backyard!! Sounds like you are doing a good job keeping up with it all though. And I understand on the blog thing. I just posted last night for the first time in 5 weeks! Oh my. Oh well. God Bless! I have so been there. We have sold 2 houses since having small children. Done the movie in the car thing, but not lately. Will have to try that again sometime. Yes, baths are good too. Hmmm. A new box of sidewalk chalk is always good. Maybe playing with the hose or sprinkler in the backyard? And then changing into dry clothes in the backyard!! Sounds like you are doing a good job keeping up with it all though. And I understand on the blog thing. I just posted last night for the first time in 5 weeks! Oh my. Oh well. God Bless!

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