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Sharing the Wonder with Our Children
His eyes alight with the experience he had just had, my son had to share it with me as well. It was simple. Nothing we adults would think was too amazing nor have thought twice about but for this 11 year old boy it was a moment to remark on and to be delighted about. How often do we quell the first time discoveries our children have, brush it off as something that’s not really interesting enough or worthy enough of our attention? I have been guilty too many times These curious and wondering children. When did we lose our innocent delight in the simple things? Do we live lives…
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Feeling Discouraged in Your Homeschool Endeavors?
Sometimes we may get discouraged because we feel we’re dropping the ball in our children’s education. We read the writings of Charlotte Mason or another modern day guru on education and feel the wash of failure sweep over us. We wonder, we wish and we think desperately what we might be doing wrong because our homeschool doesn’t look like what others describe. But I want to challenge us today to consider what it would be if we didn’t have an ideal to strive for. Lofty thoughts, ideals and a vision of something bigger than ourselves are what gives us inspiration to keep trying. It’s what makes us…
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Protecting the God-Given Curiosity in Our Small Children
For many a new school year is here. Wee ones will be toddling off to their classrooms at the public school or the homeschooling mom will be getting her classroom in order in anticipation of a great year with her bright and curious students. But wait. Should your little one really be starting school? Yes and no. What is school anyways? From Dictionary.com an institution where instruction is given, Children have a natural curiosity from almost the time they are born. They love to explore, examine, feel, taste, touch almost everything they come in contact with. And the curiosity continues as they get older. What 5-year-old child do you know…
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When You Feel Like Putting Your Kids in Public School
It wasn’t that long ago that people would say, “Homeschooling? What is that?” Homeschooling was not talked about much until the 80’s, although there were already articles and books being written on the problems of traditional education in the 60’s and 70’s from a few notables such as John Holt and Dr. Raymond Moore. Dr. Dobson even had a program with Dr. Moore back in 1979 but it wasn’t until the 80’s that homeschooling really started to become a movement. So homeschooling in the way that we know it today really hasn’t been around a very long time. Many battles have been fought to give us this right to teach…
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Only a Few Short Years
The journey began 17 years ago when my firstborn turned six. Our homeschool journey. As we plan, work, cry, learn and journey together, sometimes it seems as if it will go on forever but it really doesn’t. It’s just a few short years we have with these children who are God’s own special delight – a blessing He in His infinite wisdom sends us. I’m a flawed woman. So many flaws. But He says, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” And that’s what I hold onto. His Word and what He say’s about me. Not what I see but what He says…
