Homeschooling

Since we have been on the move from the beginning of January, we decided that homeschool would be the best option for the rest of this year. We had a great start to it as they were quite excited about it. After my short experience with it last year when we went to Arizona, I thought it would be fun to let them alternate weeks to choose a topic that they wanted to learn this time, as Devon quickly got bored with worksheet after worksheet back then. They thought this was a good idea too. But after a few weeks, they decided that it wasn't quite so fun, and they wanted to play rather than work.

So after talking with a few people, we started the "point system" Every day, they each get a point for good attitude towards school, a point for neatness in their printing, and a point for completing everything I had planned for that day. After they each get 30 points (about every 2 weeks) they get a day off school and we do something fun. This has made a world of difference for us! The last time we did it, we went to Carlsbad and did the Riverwalk - 4 miles of path along side the river - they biked and I walked Sammy. There was also a HUGE playground there that they spent hours at. They played in the water... was a great day. We are just about at our next 30 points and they have it all planned out... we are going to go to the desert zoo here, and spend the afternoon on some peddle boats at that same river we were at last time. They love this system and it makes it all so much better for me.

The kids want to start up our Kids Korner again. On Fridays as part of their journal time, they will write on our blog here about what they learned about our topic of the week. This past week we learned about giraffes - I was amazed at the interesting facts that they learned too. This is a fun way of learning!


Homeschool at the park