Family Learning at Monticello

“When are you starting school?” Have you heard that lately? Over and over again? . My answer: “We never turned it off…” Then depending on the person, I might clarify when co-op starts because it’s easier. But here’s the deal. . We are learning together. Learning life. Homeschooling life. After school exploring life. Weekend nature loving life. It’s what we know. It’s all the time. And, no, that doesn’t mean I don’t let them have “fun” or “be kids”. . . Almost a year ago, the kids and I were headed out on a road trip to Virginia to see alllll the history and learn… together. We loved that trip and talk about it all the time. We read and walked and learned together. If you haven’t done Monticello and Williamsburg and Jamestown and and and - you’ve gotta go! . Family schooling is a mentality. It’s a way of seeing the world differently. Seeing everything your kids are doing as opportunities to explore and learn about their world and themselves. It changes the parents and it changes the kids. And it lets you loosen up away from the standards and the comparisons and the expectations of society and others. . . No matter your school preferences at this moment, family learning together is the way to go. The best way to raise kids is to show them that Mom and Dad and Grandma and Pastor and Neighbor never stop learning and want to share it with the kids. Model the learning… together. Read the books in front of the kids. Talk about the world and news and crouch down to examine that bug. Play the games. It’ll change you as an adult just as much as it changes the kids. . . And guess what? It’s completely okay to admit that you’re homeschooling for the kids… and for mom. Because it’s fun for everyone. Learning together is my favorite 😃