Adventures in Homeschooling...

We've been homeschooling now for ten full days!

This is what I can say about them:

1) It doesn't take as long to teach things to one child than it does to a classroom full of kids

2) Choose your words & vocabulary carefully to teach concepts...otherwise, things get lost in translation

3) You can make any subject fun with a dry-erase board

4) Younger kids will get involved...even if you didn't plan on them joining in

5) Not only are you a parent 24/7, but their personal tutor as well

6) The grocery store is full of school lessons!

Adventures in Homeschooling

After many months of wrestling with the decision about where to send our oldest to school this coming fall we arrived at the home-schooling through a private school option, and here is what I have learned thus far:

1) Picking curriculum is not a job for the weak of heart, mind or patience

2) Making lesson plans is a job for a mind reader...look at the calendar, predict the future of what we'll accomplish that day, and for how long

3) The people you thought would question your decision may support you; however, some people that you though would never question you, do.

4) I've never been so excited or convicted about what I must/can do to make my child's life a steady and firm foundation for his future

5) I need prayer