Homeschooling

I’ve mentioned homeschooling in the past, but I’ve never added much detail to explain what we’re doing.

We use what’s called the ‘Charlotte Mason’ method. I could go on and on about her teachings and what my beliefs are…I’m sure I can share those over time. But for now, I’ll link you to AmblesideOnline. That is a phenomenal website where the curriculum and booklists are all laid out, and there are several free resources online for accessing the reading material.

This year, I chose to purchase the books in hard-copy and on our new ‘Kindle’ reader. That is just my personal preference. I love having books in my hand, and for the ones we couldn’t find, the Kindle was the closest thing to it. :-)

Anyhow, we started homeschooling on Tuesday after Labor Day. We were going to begin last week, but after I bombed on homeschooling last year I had been holding myself off on planning to the point that it was almost paralyzing. Thankfully I re-gained my confidence and started fresh this week. It has been a lot of fun, and more successful than last year – but I will admit, being a teacher AND a parent (over the same children!) doesn’t go without fault.

I will make a second post (soon) and hopefully a fresh post each school day so that we can share what / how we’re teaching our children. :-) I’ll keep sharing family experiences and my little musings too as I can. I sometimes wish my camera was easier to upload pictures from, but I suppose we always want something easier, even when things are already so instant!

Talk to you again soon. :-)