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Little Bears
11 September 2008
Holiday Aftermath
We had a really great time at the homeschool holiday - we were blessed with brand new accommodation (and from what I understand from others on the holiday, probably the only accommodation that was acceptable on the site. Sadly, the chalets do not appear to be properly cleaned or looked after, which is a shame because it detracts from the enjoyment of being together and getting the most out of the holiday.)
Now we are back (after some horrendous journeys!) with a huge mountain of dirty laundry, to find that the washing machine - which has always had a dodgy electronic dial - is playing up, and the belt on the tumble drier has snapped (from overuse?) - not good, especially with the typical British weather being particularly bad and wet this 'summer'. The washing machine does work more-or-less, but I can't get anything dry, so we are running out of clothes faster than we can replace them.
The holiday was a blessing though - we were staying with dear friends from the North that we don't get to see very often, and there were lots of talks and activities laid on. I went to a couple of helpful talks - one on special needs (and one of the recommendations was the learning breakthrough programme, which I would love to invest in if I had the funds!) and one on running local homeschool groups.
I have run a local homeschool group for about 8 years, with varying degrees of success. At the outset we had evening meetings of the mums to discuss curriculum, we have had prayer meetings. We have even had lessons together (music, drama, sports, history) but they always seemed to fizzle out. I've run a couple of books, curriculum & resource days and more. But the two things I learned from the talk at Cefn Lea was that (1) Unless the LORD builds the house, they labour in vain that build it - prayer needs to be the cornerstone of a successful homechool group, and (2) You can't go it alone! The most crucial ability in a leader is the art of delegation. I don't mean to be a 'control-freak', but I do find it hard to get other people to step up and take on my vision. Obviously, I need to spend a lot more time on my knees!
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