The kids are on Spring Break this week. I've been avoiding the office because I have a lot of work to get done (and it is easier to get things done at home). Except for having no lessons, it gives us a chance to think about what it will be like to all be here together a lot. It has led to me to think more about the level of structure we should have in our homeschool. The kids get along well together and on their own. The empty space of a break gives them chances to create their own "work" - like notes and lists, scavenger hunts, and creative play.
Our tentative plan is that I'll be the homeschooling parent until mid-morning each day. I'd imagined a regular routine of writing in journals, practicing math facts, working on math concept lessons, and work in other subjects that Matt had assigned. Seeing them this past week (as it has been a week already, including the time they missed school to go to Chicago), I see the value of letting things move more at their pace. I know that many homeschooling families say that the best part is the strong family bonds. I can see that. And I can see how unschooling's philosophy of letting them come to what they want to learn would really work. I know that Matt and I are too high anxiety to actually unschool, but perhaps I'll move more that way than I expected.
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