I have strayed so far from my vision for my home and homeschool that homeschooling is drudgery for me. I've become a check-the-box homeschooler. Pudewa and the Clarksons from THSC conference, and it is now crystal clear.
#Kingdom tales mfw series
I've re-read portions of Charlotte Mason's Original Series and it becomes even clearer. I re-read The Whole Hearted Child by the Clarksons, and I'm starting to get a clearer picture of what is the problem. I spent part of this week re-reading some of my favorite homeschooling books and listening to some of the lectures from the homeschooling conferences in the past. However, I'm on a break from my classes for 2 weeks, and I still have absolutely no desire to do school with the kids. I thought that part of the problem might be the fact that I returned to school to advance my degree. In fact it has been a decade (!) since I've experienced this level of burnout. It has been a really, really long time since I been in this state of burn out. My curriculum choices are working well for my kids so, that isn't the problem. I went to my local homeschooling conference, and I got refreshed and excited about this year so, that isn't the problem. I took most of the summer off by default so, that isn't the problem. Our current read alouds are Squanto, Charlotte's Web, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Lemonade Trick. We read aloud during lunch, during our morning AND afternoon schooltime, and before bed. We read and narrate a story from each resource each day. We have picked up quite a bit of Spanish in this easy low key way! I keep the vocabulary list on the fridge and Big Sis' reviews the words with the kids when she gets home from college each afternoon. We review the vocabulary and spend a few moments each day using our spanish words. We are using Flip Flop Spanish in a very low key way. The second day of art we do a picture study lesson. Currently we are using Draw Write Now book 1. One day a week we pick a book and spend 20 min or so doing a art lesson. Since making this change, we have spent about several weeks on the human body and have started studying space exploration/astronomy.Īrt. The second day we will read another 2-4 pages or another book on the topic. We follow up with another book on the topic or do an internet search. The first day I read 2-4 pages of the book of the week/term, they narrate and list several facts that we learned. I collected all our science books in one place, and we spend 2 days a week on science. The second day we read another book or two on the subject, narrate and do a project. The first day we read the chapter, narrate, work on the map and pictures. We spend a week on each chapter, and we spend 2 days a week on history.
I developed an open ended schedule so that we spend time on each subject but aren't limited on the topics or resource. We can follow our own interest in subjects. We now have time to read and discuss subjects at length. I have found that I am spending far more time reading aloud to the kids with this schedule. I also read a separate read aloud with her during this time to practice narrations. Sam has expressed an interest in astronomy, so we are also doing Apologia Astronomy during this time. We have plenty of time for discussions, and I am able to add in a little extra to their day without overwhelming us. This allows me the time to work with each child individually without feeling rushed. We do our skill subjects separately and in the morning.
Sometime in the afternoon, it stops being schoolwork, and it becomes fun stuff that we do as a family. We are actually spending more time with schoolwork but enjoying our day much more. We made some drastic changes since September both to our content and to our schedule.
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