To My Homeschool Peeps

One of the main reasons we choose to homeschool is the freedom that comes with the lifestyle.  The freedom to teach our children what we deem important and to be able to savor those impromptu moments that life hands us.  For instance, the elderly neighbor who pops in for a visit.  How important is it for our children to get to know and respect our seniors.  Not to mention how much it lifts their spirits to interact with children!

I remember when we lived in a subdivision, opportunities to visit and minister to our neighbors were such precious times.  At first I would freak a little if we were in the middle of a subject and had a visitor, but soon learned to prioritize the things that really did matter.

School for us has never been solely about textbooks as I whole-heartily believe as Charlotte Mason taught that LIFE teaches.  Our dream as a schooling family years ago was to have a farm and live a life that not only matched our health and nutritional goals but to allow our children the freedom to experience those things intimately.  After all, what better way for children to learn than through caring of animals and growing a food supply.  Course we parents are learning right along with them!

Our three day old chicks arrived, which eventually will be replacing our fabulous Buff Orpington layers.  Next year we will incubate our own from this batch of chicks.  The excitement of caring for these sweet fuzzy critters is what learning is all about.  We even tried nursing one of the chicks back to health as it had become injured during it's travel.  Sadly, it didn't make it.

I know it's easy to become tunnel visioned on "subjects" and they are important, but so is living in the moment and pausing to learn from what life has to teach us.