My son admittedly surprised me with today's topic... He phrased it as "I get to stay home.".
My son is BIG into time management. He watches the clock, figures out how long it will take to do something, and calculates it seems... down to the nano second. The fact that sometimes he over-estimates his time is neither here or there.
Living next door to our neighbours, a family with two children that attend public school. The lad sees them leave and come back and wonders when they have time to do what they want to do. He only sees them out having fun in the summer or on Saturdays.
He's asked me in the past "What do they do on the way to school? Do they just walk there and back again?"
He sees how quickly he can go through his math at home, or do his art, or talk through our history and asks me how long it took when I was at school. I tell him and he just doesn't understand it. How can learning history take a whole hour? How can a math class last a whole hour?
Then he starts to understand when I tell him that he has LOTS of time to do what he likes to do. He gets it when he's able to do his math in the car on the way to an event, he understands when we combine science with our study on Canada, and do art as a way to understanding the Pacific Coast First Nations people better. It makes the school day go faster you know?
He can start his school day first thing in the morning, and work at his own speed, pursuing the things he loves to do,and meeting people he likes .
Knowing that most of his days are spent ordered in a way that works for him helps him to relax when we do get out and about. Being able to recharge his batteries pursuing the things he loves the most, and yet having the freedom to leave home when needed. It's very good in the eyes of a boy.
Friends, family, co-op days, field trips, vacation, learning adventures, pokemon go-ing and so many other things drag him out of the house, but... he can mostly stay home where a boy likes to be.
What about your children? What do they enjoy most about homeschooling?
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I love staying home. Those are the best days. My kids are always into time management. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteit is good to be home. :)
DeleteWe enjoy being home. Sometimes it's a struggle to get my oldest to leave the house, but that's a different story. He just loves to be home that much. Gotta say you have a great home when the kids don't want to leave. :)
ReplyDeleteyeah, I guess that says something doesn't it? when they like being home...now to only keep it that way!!! (no really, eventually I want them to want to leave). :)
DeleteThis is kind of the same idea as my Reward of Time. Having the time and flexibility to spend it as we wish!
ReplyDeleteyes, it's good to have that flexibility and time eh?
DeleteI was just this evening trying to explain to my son how you can be in class all day and yet spend less time learning than if you are at home doing a four hour day. I am not sure he believed me and then he trundled off to have some "leisure time" learning to program before bed. Homeschooling is such a different life!
ReplyDeleteI know eh
DeleteWhat a life! It is a joy!
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