[melissa_bear003]

Originally Posted by vegaschristina

As far as homeschooling, I don't see how you do it. I am SO unorganized, much to my dismay, that I would never be able to homeschool well. I'd love to see how you manage it just so maybe some of your organization could rub off.

Ha! Thank heavens organizational skills are NOT one of the things needed. I don't have them All depends on the style of homeschooling you do, really. I'm more of a Natural Learner, in that I allow my children to follow their passions, and they learn from that. The only things that I really have 'workbooks' for are math, and cursive writing. My children are readers, my 10 yo loves to write and journal, so its not something I need to guide her on. My 3.5 yo LOVES to read, and is reading a simple book to his Daddy and I at bedtime. He tries to read other books, but is still more picture guided than word guided, but is recognizing more and more words...and thats honestly just from reading to him, and following his intererst..."What are these?" "Letters, they form words..." and off we go in learning the alphabet.

Basically, my kids are educating themselves to a point. I don't do 'school at home' I homeschool. Its amazing what they do when you allow them to take the lead. Research reports, plays, puppet shows, math, science, history (my dd is into Phantom of the Opera this year, and Greek mythology, plus her Daddy is teaching her about the North West Rebellion, since his heritage is Metis, and she wants to know about it)

Organization...even if I were inclined, would probably make me nuts trying to maintain it, lol!