I have to admit that when I first realized God was calling me to homeschool, I got really, really excited.  See, I was the kid who hated to see the school year end.  I loved learning, and was blessed with really great teachers in my early elementary years.  I lived at the library during the summer, I would check out a stack of books and before the week was up I was ready for more.  So my initial thought was "cool, think of all the great books I can read and all the stuff I can now learn that we never had time to learn about in school, and that I couldn't afford to take the classes in college!"  And it is true, as I live and learn with my kids, I am learning more history and science and reading good literature that all seems new to me. 

But most of my learning these days is not with my kids, but learning about my kids.  Each of my 3 boys are so uniquely different.  Just trying to figure out how they learn and how they process information can be frustrating and invigorating at the same time. 

My oldest has not only a different learning style from me, but just THINKS differently than me, he sees the world from a different perspective.  So I often have to present information a couple of different ways, and a couple of different times for it to connect with him.  My almost 5 year old is more logical and concrete.  Closer to my style of learning, but he's also strongwilled and very independent.  You can't teach him anything unless he wants to learn it!  And he's not interested in the same things his brother was at his age.  So, again, I am continually testing ideas, strategies, activities to see what interests him.  And I can't wait to discover more about this almost 2 year old I have!   And as I write this I learning something new also.  I am not just learning how to "teach" my children things, just to transmit information.  My goal is to see that "spark", that twinkle in their eyes that says I've touched their mind and their heart.  Have you seen it in your child?  Either when he realizes that he's now reading, for real!  Or when that math problem finally made sense, or the LEGO tower he built doesn't fall down, or he remembers the Bible verse we learned last week and it helps him decide the appropriate behaviour. 

Yeah, that's what I'm searching for.  That's the high I get from homeschooling.