I've been thinking about the holes in my education lately. How can I teach my children what I don't know? Oftentimes I'm learning right along with them which is fine in some situations, i.e. history (thanks to being public schooled in CA.).

But in other areas I feel a need to fill in these holes during my own school time. Does this make sense?

     I've spent some time reading Marilyn Howshall and Susan Wise Bauer and they both seem to agree. When I look at lists of books being read at the high school level I discover that I usually haven't read many or any of them. I've also discovered holes in the area of "home economics". I don't know how to sew, can, or do many of the things that are now considered "lost arts". And I know that I am not alone in this, it seems to be generational (I'm 34 in case you're wondering).

     Anyhow this is what I've been pondering: going "back" to school. But not to college or doing online courses, but homeschooling. Here are some of the courses I'd like to take:

Literature: reading the 'classics' I never read.

Home economics: sewing, quilting, knitting.

Latin/Greek.

In depth bible studies.

Logic.

I want to bring some of this in to my childrens studies, but some of it would simply be for me. My oldest is only 10, so alot of it would be over their heads, but hopefully not mine ; ).

I really think it's important to continue our own education. I think it's important for our children to see that learning doesn't just STOP when you complete school but that it really is a lifetime endeavor. Karen Andreola calls it Mother Culture (tm).

I know some of this comes naturally to us as homeschooling moms, but not neccesarily the things we really want to study.

What do you think?