Señora Gose's Homeschool Spanish Blog (aka "Seriously, Suzanne")

Ahhhh, the famous "faucet" post. During Covid Isolation, we extroverted teachers got a little down! This video has a little about adoption, a little about being stubborn, a little about my family history... and a LOT of hope! It's my hope that this video encourages you to find out what "fills your bucket." Turn that faucet on!

I have a deep love for index cards. I have all sizes, kinds, colors. I have them on rings, I have them labeling items in my home in various languages. They are taped, folded, used for geometry, biology terms... I just LOVE them. And you should too.    1) A jillion uses for school subjects: math facts (writing that one they miss will really cause it to stick!) practicing letters and then spelling with them biology terms building sentences with words (Spanish/English) ordering historical events capitals and states/continents, etc labeling items in the house for foreign language geometry understanding formulas...

My awesome church in Bryan, Texas asked me to put together a 10 minute message to help our members who are now schooling their children at home. They encouraged me to share it here:   In short: 1) Freedom - Harness it! 2) Be Flexible! 3) Maximum Hours of Daily School Work = 4 hours 4) Have a Weekly To-Do Schedule/List 5) POST YOUR GOALS (Bonus: START with Prayer.) Seriously, Suzanne

My goal as a human is to help. The reason I wrote my own Flip Flop Spanish curriculum (outside of not being able to find anything good for my own classes) was to help homeschool families get some quality foreign language curriculum in their daily lives without breaking the bank. I help in other ways too: I help people find "their people" at the Community Homeschool Center we founded back in 2009 in Bryan, Texas. I teach moms how to teach....but I think mostly I listen and repeat what needs to be said to whomever needs to hear it.So! Here...

What's the News? My husband watches the news like a hawk. He is always ahead of the curve and informs us daily about the top stories. I regularly hear of the same topics two days later on the local morning radio station. Not surprisingly, he knew ahead of time that this weekend's homeschool convention I was so excited about attending would likely either be canceled, or shut down early. I reluctantly called GHC Wednesday night to let them know that Flip Flop Spanish would not be in Ft. Worth, to heed my husband's advice and increase our nation's chances at...