Monday, December 20, 2010

Smooth Sailing

This picture has nothing to do with this post, but I found it on my camera and thought it was funny. Oh and by the way, we love Singapore Math.  My oldest is just not a fan of math in general.
In fact, this post is about how smoothly everything has been going in our homeschooling lately. Yes, my oldest is still not a fan of math, but truly things are going SO well. (Please don't let this post jinx it!) I mean it.  It just feels like I after finally figured out this homeschooling thing. And it has only taken me 7 1/2 years...

I haven't been posting much about homeschooling lately and I think that is because everything is just kind of chugging along.  Nothing overly exciting is happening.  I am not stressing out over curriculum or deficiencies in my girls' learning.  I don't have anything new to report.  We are just happily using what we have found works in our homeschool; Writing Strands, Singapore Math , First Language Lessons , Growing with Grammar, Story of the World , English from the Roots Up , Real Science 4 Kids , Live Mocha, Individual spelling lists, reading good books...

My girls have their daily lists and come to me when they have questions. I spend about an hour and a half every morning fielding questions.  With 3, it seems like someone always needs help, but it is manageable.  Then I actively teach and lead discussions for another hour and a half. Usually the girls have some work to finish up after lunch and then I have my afternoons to do household stuff while the girls play with the neighborhood kids.

So.. If you are a new homeschooler or thinking about homeschooling, you just need to stick it out for 7 years and it will be great.

Just a typical day in our homeschool. For some reason my middle child likes to stand while she works...
Link to my girls' daily lists


2 comments:

Michelle said...

We're in a similar place. We seem to have found our groove, and although we've made a few changes (which I'll be blogging about in the not-too-distant future), there just isn't much to report. It's nice that things are going smoothly, but I sometimes miss the curriculum and methods bunny trails that were always popping up. They're so few and far between now.

Glad to see things are running so smoothly for you, and I hope your post doesn't jinx it. I've had that happen...I talk about how great something is, and the next thing I know, we're dropping it. Lol. :)

Michelle said...

Wow, looks at all the Michelles! I was thinking much the same thing about our homeschooling adventure. We're in the zone and loving all of our curriculum (for once!). It's almost eerie.

Oh, and I soooo wish I was in Hawaii! Aloha!