Whens the best time to homeschool? When the time is right.  When my DC hear a certain name or location they quickly run and get the dictionary, or history, science, geography book and then suddenly we're schooling again!

     Now we do have a school schedule that we keep, most of the time. Of course I'm talking about after school hours. My DC may see a bird or lizard, etc. and run to get their notebooks to draw pictures and put an entry in them. We take advantage of each time they want to do a little schooling and sometimes we apply it to their daily schedule. It works! It's so much better for our DC when they find out the subjects they are learning are applied and used in their daily life.

     We show how math and the other subjects are used in cooking, sewing, shopping, paying bills, etc. and have fun while they are learning.

     So the next time you go shopping let your little darling write your grocery list while you dictate it and check for correct spelling and neatness. Let them have a little money to make their own purchase and count their money themselves, pay and recieve the change and let them check to make sure it's correct. Teach them how to read labels on items and notice the weights and capacities. comparative pricing and estimating, so on and so on, you get the picture.

     Get your DC involved in daily doings the HSing way and let them have fun with it. Most of the time they don't even realize they are being educated. WARNING! Learning can get addictive this way!

Elton