Jun. 11, 2007 - My education is just beginning
He said to me this morning that he feels like he learned more in this one year of homeschooling than he ever did in his last 16 years of public school. Well I guess maybe that would be 11 because he is 17 years old. Anyway, I was encouraged to keep on keeping on with my younger boys.
Looks like I stepped off the face of the earth, wow! I haven't had time or thought to do this since last year. What a busy year it has been. Time for a facelift. Looking back .....
I thought that I would have blogged regularly but adding a high schooler to my mix this year was quite overwhelming. CLASS is A LOT OF WORK. ugh....I feel bad for all the tediousness that he went through but I feel good at the same time because his view of this last year is really positive.
We moved in December and I misplaced most of my 3rd grader's curriculum....sooo....I went to Sam's Club and found some workbooks. We focused on Math and Reading and Geography for most of the spring. I think though, that our major learning took place in our 
hearts this year. My 8 year old with some behavior issues is only a memory of the past. His character and willingness to learn has really jumped off. I realized that the less I try to control him, the more he learns self-control. Ah....refreshing the humility that comes with making that statement.
I realized that I am excited to be a pre-schooler as a 30 year old.
My 4 year old is gently coming to a realization of the importance of knowing how to read ON HIS OWN. I love it. I don't have to send him off and have someone else force that on him. It is a simple natural progression in his thought life. So here we are with a Rod and Staff preschool curriculum and a mother who is re-learning what true "learning" is all about. It is a deep desire within us to grow. It really has nothing to do with someone telling us what they think we ought to know . A, B, C's and 1,2,3's are simply stepping stones into .....ugh.....too deep for me.....ha!.............well....I have been deeply inspired by Just Call Me Jamin. I need to add her to my friends, she is fabulously out there!
My 2 year old is sweeter than I can even put into words. Even his rotteness is sweet. Ihave been enjoying these last 2 weeks just me and him in the morning while the other two have been at 2 different VBS's.
My journey as a mother has severely been enriched this past year. I am absolutely in love with my children. They are no longer a novelty of sorts and really I am so content with this "Calling" from God to be home with them in their education. I must say though that I am looking forward to being just "Mom" for the summer and not "enforcer of workbook completion". I endeavor to move beyond that this fall a bit as I realize the blessings of actually planning out a schoolyear. I know however that I am a very spontaneous and spacey person, so I am trying to simply plan out some units to throw in to our regular stuff.
Big Sigh....
My naivity as a senior in public high school is very apparent to me now. My education is just beginning.
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Sep. 11, 2007 - Untitled Comment
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