Homeschooler Mom

This week’s theme for the Home School Blog Awards Memoirs Meme is “Something New!” We’re supposed to write about something new that we’re doing this year.

Well, that’s not hard for me, since homeschooling in general is new to me. With almost three weeks under my belt, I’m realizing there is a lot I could be doing given all the materials I have, but it’s next to impossible to do it all unless I jampack every single day with stuff.

So for now, I’m trying to just take it easy, embrace each learning moment as it comes throughout the day. For example, we went outside to play, and I asked the kids to tell me how many trees were in the yard…we started counting and decided to keep walking around the property. We stumbled across a whole bunch of anthills (which we studied two weeks ago), did a review of that “lesson” and recited our memory verse (Proverbs 6:6) and how we’re applying that lesson to our life each day since we learned it.

Then, while I was working on my laptop, my daughter came over wanting to “write” a letter to friends at church. It’s not always easy to get her to practice writing her letters during “school time”, but at other points in the day, she’s in the mood to write, so I give her letters & numbers to practice…and she’s much more receptive.

While I make a point to read a story to them every day during school time, my son came to me yesterday afternoon specifically asking me to read him a book. So I stopped what I was doing and we read two. It was a welcome break from what I was doing.

I guess the “something new” that I’ve been doing this year is embracing the idea of learning all the time. There are so many learning opportunities that we can easily overlook and while the kids are hungry to learn, we need to feed them…whether it’s “school time” or not.

Being a home educator is not just for homeschooling moms. Parents at large have this privilege. While it can be seen as a responsibility to teach your children, I’m learning more and more that it’s a blessing!