School Fun

When asked how long have we been homeschooling, I have begun to wonder how to answer. I heard a mom wonder why she had to send her kids away to learn when they reached the preschool age. Mom and Dad were the ones who taught the kids to walk, talk and go potty. She taught them to count by counting fingers and toes, so she had been schooling all along. I am feeling the same way, we have always schooled, just now we get to buy fun curriculum.

One of the most important things that I have learned is that no two homeschooling families are the same. What is normal and working for one family will not work for the next. I just have to remember to do the best and figure out what will work for our kids, right now. What is working this week may not work next month, but that is ok. We have a school room set up, two desks, white board and a big map on the wall. But for about a month Andy would have nothing to do with his desk, so we schooled in the living room. Andy and Ellyn on the floor with their books and me on the couch. And it worked, until he wanted to move back to the school room. As you can see from the picture he is at his desk, sort of. I have learned to love the search for what will work for the kids. I love looking at catalogs full of school books and going to homeschool conventions. At the conventions we get to hear great speakers, look at new curriculum and most of all remember that we are called to homeschool our children. One speaker said that the reason there are conventions in the spring is because that this is the time of year when we are getting tired and burnt out and are ready to put our kids in public school, but after the time away and a bit of encouragement we know this is what God has called us to do.