Right now homeschooling looks like a 12 year old spending about four hours a day on a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle, the last three days that is. Well, it is of King Tut, does that count for history or something? I suppose I could mention Ancient Egypt to make it seem more scholarly but I did not. We did visit a mummy exhibit and see King Tutty type stuff stuff about two weeks ago. That *was definitely* scholarly.
Homeschooling also looks like kids doing math lessons on their own that I have to “catch up” to when I get a chance, and I will I promise, even if it I have to miss Zumba to do it. It also looks like kids spending hours playing guitars and violins. I am not exaggerating about the hours either. I’m OK with that, we’ll call it advanced music class and they are really good too. Why I can’t get them to play together though, I wish they would play a duo but they don’t even like to be in the car together so I guess no duo for now.
Vocabulary??, does scrabble count? Our family is in a scrabble craze lately. I don’t remember what started this but we play just about every chance we get and the adults in this house do not always win either. I do remember getting creamed by a 12 year old but I console myself with the fact that there is also a bit of luck involved.
Homeschooling can look like an overly enthusiastic mom with a set of amazing blue ray DVDs on history that her children are only watching because they were forced to. At least mom is really in to them and maybe the kids will remember something from them, this is history right?
Homeschooling also looks like a bunch of science junk all over the dining room table such that we squeeze in the kitchen to eat because nobody wants to clean the bio hazard. It also looks like an experiment that can not be completed because I CAN NOT find the damn plastic tubing required. I HATE that it, makes me want to tear my hair out and I can ill afford that right now.
Homeschooling looks like kids actually enjoying reading Frankenstein, hey its a fantastic read so who can blame them. Homeschooling looks like NO P.E., no “dressing out”, what a waste that all is anyway. Running with the dog is so much more fun and hey the dog gets exercise too. Homeschooling looks like cranky teens staying up way too late and sleeping in way too late and wanting to start their day on Facebook.
Homeschooling looks like pajama day every day. Although, one child also wears stiletto heels with pajamas, she says she needs to practice. I make it a point not to wear shoes that I have to practice walking in. I learned how to walk over 50 years ago and I think I’m pretty good at it. Right now homeschooling around here does look like a huge mess and plenty of noise and a mother who worries daily that her children are never going to get educated.
Nesperennub, a temple priest who lived 3,000 years ago
We take our studies very seriously.
I am printing this post and saving it for days when homeschooling at our house looks like an explosion at a fingerpaint factory. We read so many things about perfectly run and scheduled homeschooling households that sometimes, it’s easy to forget that we don’t know anyone whose household actually looks like the articles in Practical Homeschooling