Since moving I've been going through books that I've been unpacking. Some I've been selling and others I've been thinking that I should probably read or use soon! I've also been thinking about what I'll plan on teaching for next year with my kids and how to organize things. In the past I've used My Father's World curriculum which I really do like quite a bit. It's been nice to have everything laid out for me to do without much planning and it really is planned in a way that I could see myself planning things.
Lately though, I've been thinking about branching out on my own and doing more of a little of this and that. As I've been doing this and as I've been unpacking and thinking about this, one idea I've thought of is to try to do "school" for as long as I can with mostly the books/materials I have on hand! I have many odds and ends of things I've collected over the last few years that I've intended to use but haven't really used. It's easy when at a homeschool convention to pick up something that looks really good and is really good, but not get around to using it. I have lots of different science and nature books, a couple of history books, and other things. I may still need to have a regular math curriculum that I use, but other than that, I could probably teach for quite a long time using books I have in my house!
I'm excited to teach my children without being stuck to a schedule - to be free to do as the Lord would have me do with them. I do know that I need to take some time to do some specific planning in order to make this happen and not get lazy and just not know what to do with a child. May God bless us as we seek his way to teach each child!
