What do 16 years of Home Schooling teach you?
- The knowledge that Home Schooling will more often than not...NOT go the way I plan!
- Often the first day SOMEBODY will cry! (but its okay)
- Eventually I will get to what I planned on teaching! (might be next year but it will happen!)
- It is more about how I respond than what I teach!
- Every year school looks a little different!
- Never say "I won't be one of those moms that switches curriculum"...because you will!
- Never start everything the first day! OR YOU will be the one crying and possibly ALL children!
- It will take at least 2 weeks before everyone is doing their full load! Grow into your schedule.
- I always take a nap the first day of school! By 3:00 I am DONE! If I am done...so are they! Ease into the schedule!
- No matter how well I planned...I will always need to tweak my plan!
- Someone will hate school no matter what I do! Always one not happy!
- The youngest will interrupt me at all the wrong moments!
- The newest child in school will always be the most excited!
- The 5th and 6th grader will be ready to quit...Day 3!
- The 13-15 year olds will be the angriest!
- The upper high school just want to get it done and often have no patience when I must jump from K math to Geometry in seconds. They eventually learn...its gonna take mom a second! If you are smart and make them wait long enough...they will give up on you and figure it out themselves! Don't be in a hurry to answer them!
- The college students...well, they will finally see they didn't know how good they had it with MOM!
- Dad will be thrilled if you can have a smile when he comes home! IF you can smile the first day he has hope the year may not kill his wife!
- I MUST allow grace to fill my heart before I start!
- There is more to learning than book knowledge..so my response, my emotions, my attitude..matters!
- I must start out the first 6 weeks strong because it is down hill after that! Thank goodness for 4 semesters!!! Allows me to re-group and go at it again!
- Life will always get in the way! So deal! It would happen if they were in school too! *said with love!*
- The first 6 years I will repeat, repeat, repeat...and maybe by 6th grade they will finally remember the period every time they need it!
- I will solve as many sibling problems as they probably do math problems! Teaching moments!
- Tomorrow is a new day! Hallelujah! or Lord...WHAT was I thinking? Depending on how my day ended!
- Be with other home school MOMS! You need to know you aren't alone!
- You can do this!
- It's not for everyone!
- Thankful we have options!
- When I feel the emotions about to bust out of me, I get eye to eye with one of our children (preferrably the youngest...they are the cutest!), take a deep breath,...God always seems to break my angry heart when I look into their eyes and see they are wanting to learn...they are just a child...doing childish things...then I remember it is more about my response than it is the books or MY agenda!
- Hug your kids! Let them see that mom can handle the stress, the mess, the fallout, of crazy Home School Days!
- Best thing I can give them...a peaceful grace-filled home to learn!
- I will always question my ability to teach my children.
- Having kids in college prove to me that my kids can learn inspite of moms short-comings!
- I will always at some point (if not several) times throughout the school year...WILL consider putting EVERYONE in school!
- Teaching kids to read...will ALWAYS put me to sleep!
The Biggest realization....
- I can cook meals (real meals!)
- I can keep a clean house
- I can educate the children
- I just CAN'T do all 3 well at the same time!
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