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Beautiful post Penelope. And it’s so gratifying to watch as you grow through this process.
You entered into it thinking you were doing it for your kids, and you are, but there is so much more to it. Raising children this way is itself a profoundly educational and healing process for an adult–for a family.
What a lovely comment!
Catarina, from Portugal
So cute!
You know what’s funny? In school he’d get to socialize with other kids. But to make a friend, an inseparable friend, it’s also wait and see.
It takes time.
Unless you are lucky to find that friend from the beginning. But it doesn’t always workout like that.
I tell people who are just starting out that it takes two years to get their “school legs.” It takes that long to find friends, figure out a schooling style, and gain confidence in knowing what works.
That being said, I’m six years into this thing, and yet we still reinvent ourselves a little bit each month. That’s the beauty of a small system — changes can be made more quickly and easily.
Nice! I´m getting ready to unshcool my almost 5-year old. Right now the kindergarten (a sweet one) is great, but I can´t imagine her learning to sit in rows at 50 minutes at a time when she is 6, no way.
Generally speaking, I think any teacher, who says they aren’t learning from their students), is either not telling the truth or is not a very good teacher.
I heard on the radio today what I believe applies to homeschooling – there are no graduates and no degrees because the learning never ends.
Thank you for sharing your homeschooling experiences. I want to homeschool my son as well. He’s one so it’s a good think I’m reading this now. It’ll probably take about 4 years of encouragement for me to feel up to the challenge, ha.
Marie, you are already teaching your child. Homeschooling is no different. It’s just an extension of what you are doing without handing your child over to “the system” to take over where you left off. Just keep on doing what you’re doing. That’s what homeschooling is: letting your child learn at home, just as he did from birth. Homeschooling is so natural; as long as you don’t let others freak you out and make you believe it takes an “expert” to teach your child, you will be okay. You can do it because you already are doing it!
Ah, friendships and “socialisation” – the huge fear created by schools and naysayers : )
Just like adults, kids take time to make connections. Chances are homeschooling will help you make good friends too – sharing a mindset really helps weed out the interesting people from the others. I wrote a post on our adventures/realisations about socialisation:
http://traceymansted.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/friendships-and-dreaded-s-word.html
Pleased you are all settling into your rhythm.