So many people, when I tell them that I am Homeschooling my 5 children, say things like "I could never do that." or "You are an amazing woman." Really, I'm sure many people could do the un-amazing things we do every day. It's just a matter of waking up and thinking, "we have to start school in an hour, or we might not get it done." On the days (and there are oh, so many of these) when I wake up thinking, "I DO NOT want to do school today," I have to close my eyes and start over. I have to re-program my thinking at least 50% of my days. I shoot from the hip way more than I have a structured day with neat-o projects and fabulous results. But, day in, day out, we, at the very least, work on reading skills, math skills and religious teachings. We always start with a song, a prayer, the pledge and a memorized scripture. That puts all of us in the frame of mind that it is time to start our learning. The goal, for me, is to be done with what I require we do by noon, at the latest. Then, we play hard, have lunch and "Quiet Time" and do whatever self-directed learning the children want to do and didn't get done during Quiet Time.
Today, I set a goal to make sure I have at least some sort of a minimal plan for the next day's school before I go to bed for the rest of this school year. We'll see how it goes.
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