I could never be a homeschooler.....seriously--though i love the idea behind it --the flexible schedules, spending more time with your child, watching them grow and learn under your guidance....ah--does that not sound like domestic bliss? hmm...not to me. I buy puzzles and many other 'learning' tools...but i have to force myself to take them off the shelf, turn off treehouse and sit down with him to do it...all the while thinking 'lets be a good mom this morning and do something constructive with his growing little mind' and it ends with me being like 'why can't you SEE that is an A not an i????' or 'we have sung the alphabet song over and over.....how can you not know it when i ask you to do it on your own??' sigh.......know your constraints and work within them, right?
I will encourage him in his preschool and whatever else we choose to put him into, but i could never homeschool either of them --i want them to be smart! ;-)
This is a second segment to this blog, but this afternoon, Isaac and i sat on the couch and he worked through almost 20 pages of this 3-5 year old Caihou book that involves some mind work and he did so well! Who cares if he can't recite the alphabet on his own or spell his name or even recognize letters yet---he is smart......and i have to remember to encourage him and cheer him on! He's a good boy who definatly marches to the beat of his own drum!
