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Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - Time Well Spent
I am reminded of the saying, “The best thing to spend on children is time”. As a home school parent we understand the value of that statement. Though our focus may be on what we deem a good education, the thing that we are really giving to our children is our most valuable asset: ourselves. Some of the most important lessons our children learn are not taught outright from books, but are absorbed in our everyday interactions. We are so blessed to have so many opportunities in our day-to-day activities to just appreciate who they are and to show them who we are, warts and all. We cannot get yesterday back, tomorrow may never come, but today is new and we can choose how to spend it.
Deuteronomy 11:18-21 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your house and on your gates, so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land that the Lord swore to give your forefathers, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - Kids & Friends
I spent much of my free time yesterday hitting the “random logger” button, checking out other’s blogs. There is such a wealth of information here I found it hard to stop. I was so impressed by the overall variety of the blogs that I let each of my kids create their own blogs. They are excited at the prospect of making new friends. My son has been begging me to get a MySpace, but I wasn’t comfortable with that. I have one, but I use it to keep in touch with friends and some of my former students (I used to teach at a private school before we started homeschooling). However, I was looking for a place with people that share similar interests with us.
My kids really enjoy people and have no trouble making friends. That is the one thing they miss about school. There are a few children in the neighborhood, but by the time they come home from their various schools and activities, there is no time to play. Most of these kids have a strange concept of what homeschool is all about. Like most homeschooling families, we have limited financial means, so most of the programs offered by the homeschool groups in our area are just not feasible. Thank goodness for Scouts and church. The kids don’t complain, but I know they would love to talk to other kids who understand what it is like to be a homeschooler.
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