We were supposed to go back to school yesterday, but I wasn’t ready. I wasn’t ready in any way, shape or form! So I declared yesterday a School Room Clean Up Day. So we did some rearranging of furniture, books on the shelves, pulled their junk out of all their hiding places, and made the room cleaner and a little easier to work in. We didn’t quite finish, though, as Kenn called and wanted a ride to the store. So We’ll finish up this morning, and then get back to the books.
I’m really an unschooler at heart. But my head can’t go along all the time. So I always feel like I’m being pulled in 2 different directions. The kids do learn when we take time off from the book work. They keep learning, asking questions,reading and doing. So why can’t I just let them go? Well, because I don’t feel there is enough math in our day to day lives. That really is the only subject I’m concerned about with the 4 younger ones. None of this applies to Melissa, by the way. Math is really the only “paper schoolwork” they have. The rest of the subjects we cover during our read aloud time. We really only use science and history textbooks as a reference. So while not a true homeschooler, I don’t wait for them to ask to learn everything, we’re not very structured, either. But I can’t just sit back and totally unschool. But I won’t go back to all “paper schoolwork” either. I learned my lesson with forcing Kenn to do his work. Knowing what I know now, he would have benefitted from less structured learning. But I didn’t know that then! What’s funny is, I told myself I wouldn’t do that to the younger ones, and now Calen and Hannah ASK for paper schoolwork. By the way, “paper schoolwork” is their term. lol
Ok, guess I’ve bored you enough. It’s time for me to get to work anyway. If you haven’t run screaming from my boring blog, leave a comment, and come back again!
