Well, I am writing this before I fillin for a nanny. Daddy has been "taking charge" of homeschooling now that I am at the ministry office on normal office hours, more or less. So, in reality, that means that not a whole lot is being done.
Should that bother me? should it not? my kids are home almost all day with their daddy.....something that many kids don't have the priviledge of (and having 3 boys, that is great they have their daddy around all day).........daddy has been teaching them their Chinese lessons and occasional math. Well, for "work" wise, that is about it....so are then called unschoolers? That bugs me for some reason.....I am a textbook person, not trying to keep up to par with peers ,but I like to know where I have been and where I need to go.
I do have a question for my 3 readers out there:-).....history.....this bugs me....we live in Taiwan and only go to the USA once every 4 years.....should I not bother too much with history and just use our time in the USA to "catch up " on it? they do take the IOWA tests, does history matter that much?
Also, I am thinking of just working out something with dh that they do mostly Chinese now, and after dinner (whether they like it or not), I do spelling and reading/grammar so I know they are getting it.......oh....this bilingual stuff is hard.....I am not going to give up on it though, they need it and I KNOW one day they will appreciate it!!!!
suggestions?
Comments
Oct. 25, 2009 - Hello
Posted by watalulu
Hi. It is 3 a.m.....couldn't sleep. Checked my blog and found that there were 3 people on line. So I decided to check you both out, the other one online was ME.
I read a couple of your posts and will come back and read more when the warm blankets are not calling me.
Just wanted to say hi.
Oct. 29, 2009 - Character Training
Posted by Ann Ralls
My husband and I just went to MassHOPE fall mini conference and got a shock of my homeschooling life. I was doing homeschooling with wrong directions and wrong reasons. Marilyn and Rick Boyer have 14 children and they really nail them down for their characters. She only spent 2.5 hours schooling. Check out their website: www.thelearningparents.com. I highly suggest you to listen to their talks in this conference.
I know that we make sure they get all the things we think they should know. But I lost sight of traing them where God wants them to go. The wisest person in the world Solomon taught his son in Proverbs, the first thing is wisdom, knowlege fell on the #7. So now education in God's Words is my #1 priority. If other work fell behind, I feel fine as long as we've done God's Words for the day. So don't be discouraged. Get them involved with the work you are doing. Traing your kids to do adults' work is more important than teaching them facts. God will provide the wisdom you need to have your kids helping with your ministries. Hope this help.
Oct. 31, 2009 - history
Posted by momofsix
I switched to history from the bible and feel much less restless. If there is one thing I want them to remember, it is that they have been grafted into a tree through Christ Jesus-and what that means, or the history of that..
Nov. 2, 2009 - well..
Posted by homeskoolmom
you obviously have more than 3 readers lol.
I agree that learning about God and character training are the most important things we can do with our children. And Bible history is fabulous, but it stops short. All of history is HIS story, so there are valuable things to be learned from modern times as well as Bible times. Government schools have failed to teach accurate history and our country is failing now, I think partly because we are not learning from past failures. I personally think teaching history is VERY important, and yes I think your guys need American history. It is part of their heritage. Catherine Millard has some excellent accurate, resources as does David Barton with Wallbuilders.
Blessings,
Christine