Wow the last few months have been busy. The kids are all officially home schooled. The virtual school thing did not work for us. I want my kids to have a natural education. I feel they will learn more if they can skip a subject on a particular day in order to focus on another subject that fascinates them. For example today Gabe did nearly three hours of Math, and only about twenty minutes of spelling, and thirty minutes of reading, and an hour of history. However last week he spent an entire day cozied up with a book, then wrote a report on it, and practiced expository writing all in one day with only thirty minutes on his math. This, to me, is how real learning happens. Organically, naturally, according to what they are focused on at the time. I am not saying that I would allow them to just skip a subject, but if for a day or two they are into a book, or into a scientific idea, or working through a math chapter, then allowing them to pursue that instead of pushing it to the side in order to do what is expected, seems like the right thing. I am proud of my kids, and although I question my self daily, I think that they are happing, and well educated at home.
Tomorrow I will post a record of what we have been up to these last few months, I have most of it recorded but I need to get it on here.
Tomorrow I will post a record of what we have been up to these last few months, I have most of it recorded but I need to get it on here.
