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September 23, 2009
Same ol' lesson in a new form...Trust.
First, a confession...I finally subscribed to the TOS magazine for the first time in my life! I know *blushes* it's terrible I have waited so long....but for what it is worth I am only in my 3rd year of homeschooling, AND the one time I did have a copy to peruse, my kidlets were still so young I wasn't actually "schooling" yet so every thing I read kind of made my eyes go blurry. (Plus I was pregnant with my third child and really just focused on the home birth to come.)
Well, once upon a facebook day the TOS had a reminder announcement of buying a 2 year subscription with a bunch of freebies for 39 dollars. I thought to myself, "Self, this is a really great deal, you should go for it." My first issue just arrived a few days ago and I have scoured it from cover to cover, it follows me from room to room. It has become a lifeline. And I don't mean that dramatically, but literally. I am newly transplanted in Germany WITHOUT a vehical at my disposal WITH 4 young savages, erm i mean blessings, at home. I haven't had the luxury of digging myself deep into a homeschool community. (I know where one meets, just can't get the brood and myself there yet.) So, in the meantime, this wonderful little magazine with it's real-to-life-down-to-earth-writers have supplied much needed oxygen, and I have sucked in all they had to offer with both nostrils and then some. I have learned that "Delight Directed" is the term for the homeschooling style God is most directing me to school Julia with this year. I have learned absolutely no two home schools are alike in ANY way, (except that there are children learning happily in their own homes) and that is okay. That is how it is supposed to be, because no two families are alike in any other facet, so why should they be with schooling either? One of the main points of hometeaching is the ability to tailor it directly to your childs needs...if I am successful at doing this, then my home SHOULD look, feel, and BE different.
So, what is that for my family this year? I've let go of the "text, seat work based" math/phonics approach, and gripped onto a Delight-Directed-Charlotte-Masoney approach this year. And you know what? It's working. My home flows with a peace and a quiet joy. The children are soaking up more (and remembering it later!) with less "desk time." (Surprised? Me too.) We are reading more, doing more hands-on things, more narration, spending ALOT more time outside exploring, painting, coloring, drawing and journaling, and it amazes me how smoothly it is going. So smooth, I question if I am "doing enough" sometimes. And in those times He quiets me (so I stop splashing about), brings me a resource I may have needed (such as the TOS magazine acting as temporary floatation device) then reminds me to trust Him...And in doing so I relax with the ebb and flow of the currents of learning. Lazing in a God-given River Rat inner tube and allowing Him to pull me where He desires, is so much more enjoyable than splashing about on my own accord trying to keep my chin above water. Praise God for still waters.
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The LORD is my shepherd,
I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Psalm 23:1-3 |
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