Loosen Up - Have Fun!
If there were one big lesson I learned this year in homeschool, it is this: Loosen Up and Have Fun!! We chose to homeschool so we could have fun with our kids - you know - build models, do experiments, read and write books together, visit museums, explore the world, etc. We wanted to help our kids develop their imagination, creativity, and outside-the-box thinking. Every parent wants to give their child the ability to be awesome , right? And then there's reality: most days it takes everything I have just to get through 3 subjects with each child. When school is over, we have lunch. Then I take nap while they play computer and video games. This happens pretty much every day. This is not what I pictured when we decided to homeschool. I think I pictured more of a Little House on the Prairie/Anne of Green Gables/Up combo. You know - precocious, wholesome children. Girls with cute braided hair and dresses. Homemade bre...