Homeschooling: A Joyful Learning Experience

We finished day 3 of #classicalconversations practicum and there were presentations of what the kids have learned. H sang a song about “I pray the Lord my soul to keep. I just wanna be a sheep.” K showed off her Africa drawing and sang the continent song. And my little thespian had the role of Hermia as her class read the first scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream... I do love the snippets they get out of class at Practicum and how it all fits together. It may just be a couple of days of pieces but just part of the big puzzle. Now we can dive more into the play and Katie will be more interested in map tracing and Africa. Just a diving board. Yesterday my child presented me with a self created test about what I knew about King John after making her own Magna Carta in class... then came home today to find a good size stick to make a bow. I called her a serf yesterday, and she glowered at me ;). I watched as Katie sat up straighter in her seat today as the big kids read a story about Medusa... she had been acting disinterested until she recognized what they were talking about. Hunter showed me Magnolia trees in the drive home and was excited about finding all the mimosa trees after I introduced him to the “pink trees”. Our homeschooling teaches the “pegs”, something for them to hang other information on. If they hadn’t been exposed to the story/words previously, they couldn’t have added another part in their little spongy brains. Homeschool kids are different... they really are... they haven’t been shown that “school” is a dread or something to do from 8-3. They see that learning can be fun and is all around us... they know no other way. And for this I am ever so grateful. It is truly a lifestyle. One that we can all adapt no matter your schooling etc. When our kids see us wanting to learn things, they copy that. Reading books, they sit and do the same. If we complain about school, they copy it. May we all model an attitude about daily learning more about this wonderful world we live in and where we came from... the next generation needs us to do it. Stepping off my soapbox... ;)