What I'm learning about Homeschooling

  

     Homeschooling... let me just say there is nothing easy about it, and just like with everything once you get comfortable and in a routine something changes or you add a new co-op class or field trip and your right back at square one. I am a pretty organized person. I put things where they go {most of the time} I like things to have order to them but sometimes it doesn't always work out like that.
    Before our vacation, we were on a great schedule/routine, we were just reviewing though for the first two weeks. Since we have come home, it has been B-U-S-Y. We have made some changes to the co-op classes we are attending based on what my son likes best and we are working on a new schedule together. However, currently going day by day is not working for me. I like to be prepared, and even though I know what we are working on and what is being taught for the day, I still have to write it out, print the necessary worksheets, the lesson plan of what to teach, and then after I do all that and he does all the work I have to grade it and record it. Now I say have to but I don't have to, I choose to because I want to make sure he is understanding what we are working on and if he is not, maybe we need to work on it a little bit more, but I think it is important to keep up with grades and because he's been in public school he asks about his grades and what he got on things.
      So what I am learning about Homeschool and what you should know is:

Just Go With The Flow
and
Plan & Be Prepared

These two things I think are what are most important if you are new to homeschooling. Things change, there are other things that come up that you want to do and your plan is already in need of reworking. I have found that we make and plan and we try to stick to it as best as possible. Sometimes my son gets up and he needs a few more minutes to wake up other wise, it's going to be a rough day with a grump, so I give him those few minutes. While on other days he completes all his work by 1 p.m. and I'm scrambling to find something else to keep him busy for a little while longer. That's where the Plan & Be Prepared comes in. Plan for extra time and extra activities for your child to do that way there is not boredom or thought to what can be done, it's already there, because you're prepared. Plan, Plan, Plan!

Hats off to all you amazing teachers out there, teaching children, some 30+ students at a time. I think everyone should have to take a walk in your shoes because your shoes are hard to fill. Even though we are teaching in a different matter the goal is still the same. + students at a time. I think everyone should have to take a walk in your shoes because your shoes are hard to fill. Even though we are teaching in a different matter the goal is still the same. + students at a time. I think everyone should have to take a walk in your shoes because your shoes are hard to fill. Even though we are teaching in a different matter the goal is still the same. + students at a time. I think everyone should have to take a walk in your shoes because your shoes are hard to fill. Even though we are teaching in a different matter the goal is still the same.