Saturday 5 July 2008

What I have learned about homeschooling in 13 words or less...

Makita at Twinkling Stars Family School is starting a weekly contest and I thought I would join in.

In the past 3 years that we have home schooled, I have learned many lessons, I am still learning and I imagined that I will be learning until my youngest child has moved out!

To say what I have learned so far in 13 words or less turned out to be a little tough, but here we go...

Patience
Reading aloud
Adaptable
Custom-made for us
Open minded
Committed

Patience is needed every day, some days I might need a lot and other days not as much, lol

Reading aloud to children of all ages is so important. We read a ton of books, the library is priceless.

Adaptable, being flexible about everything, and in particular schedule is so important with homeschooling. With a Daddy that works retail hours, we need to be flexible...if he is home on a Wednesday, then school is off that day and we will catch up on Saturday when he is working. Also being flexible to take a morning off if everyone is sick or extremely cranky!

Custom-made for us is especially true for curriculum. Some curriculum works just the way it is, but most times we have taken some of it and left some of it. I have also learned that sometimes the little unit studies that I put together based on the kids' interests work perfectly. Because they were "custom-made" for us.

Open-minded. Having an open mind makes things easier, I think. Being open to changes and new ideas...and so much more

Committed. I really believe that whoever is homeschooling their children needs to make a conscious commitment about it. Because on the tough days, having committed to homeschooling is what has kept me going!

5 comments:

  1. I'm so glad that you jumped in ... Your list is perfect!

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  2. I must say, this blog actually makes me interested in home-school. Is it faster than regular school? Anyways, nice blog :p


    Nyke~

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  3. Alex - You won the inaugural Friday Freebie contest! Congratulations! :D

    Just email me the contact information for your favorite teacher store and your full name.

    My email is twinklingstar at mac dot com

    P.S. I think a 444 list is a great idea!

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