Homeschooling has become strictly academic lately -both Samuel and I choosing to forgo the fun stuff (like painting, clay sculptures, etc) in order to get on with our day (me to responsibilities, him to play with Jude and Legos). Do I think it will be like this forever? No. I will probably be cured when I can be around people again, being the extrovert that I tend to be most of the time.
One positive thing: Samuel is reading. We are almost done with a book called "Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons", which has proven to be very effective. Samuel dreads it, but once we are done in a few weeks, I will let him pick out any book he wants each day to read to me. Should be much more fun! Here he is reading yesterday:
We are going to homeschool next year again and I don't anticipate such a rocky road (the first year tends to be the hardest). I think I am also attempting to draw strength from the wrong source (myself) and need to lean more on God, who led me to the decision to homeschool in the first place. Doesn't everything go better when we check in with the Lord frequently?
4 comments:
Sometimes homeschooling is no fun at all, even if you're sure it's the right choice for your family at a particular point in time. Hang in there!
The Lord would be a great Principal for sure.
You are doing a great job Kami. I think we all have our blah times. I'm totally feeling you on the March stir craziness too. Come on sunshine.
If only we would turn to the Lord quicker, how much more guided our lives would be. I am guilty of going it alone far too often, forgetting that He is right beside me waiting for me to call on His name.
BTW, you are an awesome mom, wife and of course the best niece any aunt could ever want! You have always been the apple of this auntie's eye.
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